Pulisic delighted with 'calming' Chelsea goal in win at Lille

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Pulisic delighted with 'calming' Chelsea goal in win at Lille

Christan Pulisic was glad his goal could 'calm' Chelsea against Lille on Wednesday.

The French side went one goal down on aggregate thanks to Burak Yilmaz's first-half penalty.

But Pulisic restored the two-goal buffer on the stroke of half-time, with Chelsea eventually prevailing to the Champions League quarter-finals.

"It was a really good goal we got right before half-time to calm us down a bit and in the end we should be proud," he said.

"It's not easy to get a result here and we did that. Going into half-time 1-0 down would have been tough so it was definitely helpful.

"We know they're a good team and coming here is never easy. In the first half they were strong and there was a good atmosphere in the stadium. They put a lot of pressure on us right away.

"They gave us a lot of trouble and then with the handball penalty they were back in the game. We made a few changes and were able to calm the game down a bit with some possession but the goal we scored before half-time was really important because it restored confidence."