Udinese 0-2 AC Milan: Pulisic and Hutchinson on target as Amorim's unbeaten run goes on

AC Milan's unbeaten Serie A run under Ruben Amorim continues. The Rossoneri came away from Udinese with a 2-0 victory, thanks to goals in each half from Christian Pulisic and Omari Hutchinson.

Responding strongly to the heavy midweek Europa League defeat against Bournemouth, Milan kept up their pursuit of leaders Inter, sitting 4 points behind them after eight league games.

The visitors started quickly and went ahead as early as the 6th minute through Luka Modric's footballing intelligence. Pulisic neatly controlled the Croatian star's free kick played in behind the defence and beat goalkeeper Maduka Okoye with a composed finish to make it 1-0.

After failing to take key chances through Davide Bartesaghi in the first half, Milan stepped up the pressure after the break and found the goal that eased their nerves in the 65th minute. Loanee Hutchinson, the young star, followed up well when Ardon Jashari's shot rebounded off the goalkeeper and scored his first goal in a Milan shirt to double the lead.

The visitors came close to a third through Goncalo Ramos in the closing stages, while goalkeeper Mike Maignan kept his goal intact by denying Keinan Davis from close range, and the match ended 2-0 to Milan.

Modric defies time and makes history

With this win, Milan have gone unbeaten through the opening eight matchdays for the third time in the last 20 Serie A seasons, after 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Luka Modric, who provided a classy assist in the match, became the player with the most assists after turning 40 in the 20-team Serie A era (since 2004-05). The veteran maestro reached his 4th assist, moving past Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has 3.

Amorim's side, who claimed a fourth consecutive win away at Udinese, finished the match with 19 shots and an expected goals (xG) figure of 3.12.