Chelsea
signing Christian Pulisic is backing his new club to come good by the time
he joins them from Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
The Blues signed the 20-year-old for £58m in the January transfer window and
immediately loaned him back to the Bundesliga leaders.
Pulisic is keeping a close eye on events at Stamford Bridge, which have seen
Maurizio Sarri come under increasing pressure, particularly in the wake of
the 6-0 humbling at Manchester City on Sunday, which saw Chelsea drop to
sixth in the Premier League.
The American winger has faith that things will turn around in west London.
"It's tough for me to say," Pulisic said. "They've had some tough results
but I know they're going to work it out.
"They're a great team with great players and a good coach. So they're going
to figure everything out."
Pulisic got a taste of what life in the Premier League might be like during
Borussia Dortmund's Champions League last 16 tie at Tottenham, though he did
not enjoy it.
Spurs ran out 3-0 winners at Wembley, which makes them hot favourites to
reach the quarter-finals, but Pulisic's appetite was still whetted.
"Tottenham are a great side, it's good to play against great competition in
any league," he said. "But obviously I'm definitely looking forward to next
season."
Such a dismal night for the Bundesliga side did not look on the cards as
they dominated the first half and could easily have gone in at half-time
with the advantage.
But Spurs blew them away after the break and put one foot in the last eight
thanks to goals from Heung-Min Son, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente.
Pulisic still thinks the situation is recoverable.
"Absolutely," he said. "This team's never going to give up, especially going
home.
"We're confident we can score three goals, no problem. It's not going to be
easy.
"I'm not going to stand here and say we're going to win but we're going to
go out, we're going to fight and we believe. That's all we can do."
On his side's second-half collapse, he added: "The only thing I can think of
is we just didn't come out with the same mentality, we didn't come out with
that lockdown mentality saying, 'We need to finish this game with zero goals
against and we have a good chance'.
"Unfortunately we just weren't locked in on their crosses and they were able
to score off three crosses, and we've got to work on that."
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