messi football kit It was at Wembley Stadium in August that, ahead of kick-off in the FA Cup final, it felt like Christian Pulisic had truly arrived in English football.

A run of 10 gamessince football’s post-lockdown restart saw him return four goals and four assists, as the United States starbelatedly launched his Chelsea career.

Now,the stage was set for him to make his mark on a showpiece event.

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But despite opening the scoring against Arsenal,that day instead proved the beginning of another long battle for Pulisic to prove himself in west London.

A serious hamstring injury suffered early in the second halfruled him out of action for two months, and his 2020-21 campaign has, at best, stuttered alongafter four further fitness set-backs.

But as he returns to the national stadium on Saturday for junior replica football kits sale Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City, Pulisicisbeginning to show the form that many believed would help him become Eden Hazard’s long-term successor at Stamford Bridge.