Christian Pulisic scored as AC Milan advanced to the second round of the Coppa Italia with a 2-0 win over Bari.

The USMNT winger scored the second goal for the Rossoneri in a routine win over their Serie B opposition shortly after halftime, having hit the crossbar in the first half.

The 26-year-old received a pass from Mexico forward Santiago Gimenez and he took the ball well in his stride to calmly slot it past the helpless Michele Cerofolini.

Milan took the lead after 14 minutes when Rafael Leão headed home a pinpoint cross from Fikayo Tomori .

The solitary negative of the evening was that the Portuguese was forced off minutes later with an injury to his calf, which Massimiliano Allegri will hope is not too serious.

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