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MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Niclas Fullkrug of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Niclas Fullkrug thanks Alexis Saelemaekers for a \u2018dream\u2019 assist on his debut Milan goal in the 1-0 win over Lecce. \u2018You need that trust as a striker, I am 100 per cent happy.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Rossoneri have struggled against the relegation-threatened teams recently, and risked fumbling more points after their draws with Genoa and Fiorentina.<\/p>\n

It seemed for a while as if Wladimiro Falcone would parry everything coming his way at San Siro, but he was eventually beaten by substitute Niclas Fullkrug\u2019s glancing header on an Alexis Saelemaekers volleyed cross.<\/p>\n

The German had only been on the pitch for three minutes, and it was his first goal in the Milan jersey since the transfer from West Ham United.<\/p>\n

Fullkrug feels reborn at Milan after West Ham<\/h2>\n
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MILAN, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 18: Niclas Fullkrug of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team\u2019s first goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He had been urging Max Allegri\u2019s assistant Marco Landucci to put him on early for the corner, so did he feel this was going to be his night?<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to come on, of course, I was ready and waiting to come on finally and it was a good moment to change because we were attack, attack, attack,\u201d Fullkrug told DAZN Italia.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, I got an incredible assist from Ale, and it\u2019s a dream for a striker to get an assist like this!\u201d<\/p>\n

Check the Football Italia Player Ratings for Milan 1-0 Lecce<\/strong><\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been all plain sailing for the centre-forward in Italy, as Repubblica newspaper reported his hotel safe was broken into, with \u20ac500,000 of jewellery stolen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncredibly good, I am very thankful and grateful to be here and to get that trust, you need that as a striker. The team welcomed me very well, it is a great atmosphere. That is why I am 100 per cent happy, nothing else,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n

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MILAN, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 18: Niclas Fullkrug of AC Milan scores his team\u2019s first goal as Wladimiro Falcone of US Lecce fails to make a save during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fullkrug becomes the third German to score for Milan in Serie A, after Oliver Bierhoff and Christian Ziege.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to do my best for the team and the best ball for our strikers, I\u2019m very happy with the assist,\u201d Saelemaekers told DAZN Italia.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we know what an incredible striker Fullkrug is, he proved it in the past, and having someone with these characteristics in the squad is very important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MILAN, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 18: Alexis Saelemaekers of AC Milan reacts during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the Belgian went off in the final minutes with a muscular issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt a twinge in my adductor and I didn\u2019t want to run any risks, so it is better that someone comes on who is at 100 per cent and can work hard for the team near the end of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

This result means that Milan are the only team keeping up with leaders Inter, maintaining the gap at three points.<\/p>\n

Looking over their shoulders, they also take advantage of other slip-ups to go seven points clear of Juventus in fifth, so consolidate that Champions League spot.<\/p>\n

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