Always follow the play — Christian Pulisic remembered the script and Manuel Akanji didn’t quite know his lines.

And so it went that AC Milan took a 1-0 lead over rivals Inter Milan in a Derby Della Madonnina with real scudetto juice.

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Rafael Leao drove an odd-numbers rush toward Inter’s goal, laying the ball wide for Alexis Saelemaekers. The Belgian winger slipped as he was shooting, which helped Yann Sommer get to his right and slap the ball away from the far post.

But Pulisic never stopped running and Akanji was a step slow to react, helping the USMNT man make it 1-0.

The 27-year-old American star announced his full return to Milan with style. Pulisic missed four-straight Serie A games with a hamstring injury and managed just 20 minutes ag

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