Diego Moreira admits this was his best Milan performance ‘for now’ after a goal and two assists, while Christian Pulisic jokes about his incredible record against Inter.
The Derby della Madonnina was dominated by the Rossoneri, who surged into a 2-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes thanks to the Pulisic header and Adrien Rabiot strike, both on assists from Diego Moreira.
The Belgium international secured his Man of the Match status by getting on the scoresheet with a viciously dipping free kick in the 3-1 victory.
Diego Moreira and Pulisic relish Milan night
“I am very happy, with my teammates we did a great job, we fought to earn the three points,” Moreira told Sky Sport Italia.
“We have to stay focused game by game, it’s still early in the season, we need to take it step by step. For now, it is my best game in the Milan shirt. For now.”
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Kaka was in the stands and inducted into the Milan Hall of Fame before kick-off, visibly moved to tears as he saluted the crowd.
How did Moreira feel scoring in the derby with Kaka watching, wearing the same 22 jersey that the Brazilian had here?
“Thank you for coming and giving me your shirt, I am very happy!”
This was the first Derby della Madonnina for Diego Moreira, but Pulisic is now an old hand at this fixture and opened the scoring within four minutes.
“We started very strong with intensity, physicality, scored two goals and then the third before half-time. This victory is very important for us,” Pulisic told Sky Sport Italia.
The American has scored in four editions of the derby and Milan won all of them, so is he their lucky charm?
“I want to continue scoring goals in the derby, so that way we’ll win! These are three very important points, but we’ve got to find this consistency to play like this all the time. In the big games, it’s not a surprise that we do well.”
