Milan secured their first Champions League points of the season with a 3-1 home win over Club Brugge on Tuesday as Christian Pulisic scored directly from a corner.

The seven-time European champions were one of eight teams winless after two games, having lost 1-0 at Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month and 3-1 at home to Liverpool in the competition’s opening game.

Christian Pulisic gave Milan the lead in the 34th minute before the Belgian champions were reduced to 10 men in the 40th minute when midfielder Raphael Onyedika was sent off after a lengthy VAR check for a foul on Tijjani Reijnders. Kyriani Sabbe equalized after the break for Brugge, last season’s Conference League semi-finalists, with a low shot into the far corner. Reijnders put the hosts back in front in the 61st minute with a simple first-time finish from near the penalty spot before securing victory with a similar effort 10 minutes later.

It was a rocky start for Milan against a Brugge side who started aggressively and scored two attempts on goal within three minutes, and goalkeeper Mike Maignan had to work early to block Christos Tzolis’ shot from inside the penalty area. Tzolis continued to cause problems for the hosts and had another brilliant chance five minutes later, with Maignan again forced into action before Joel Ordonez hit the crossbar from distance.

But Milan got into the game and Brugge keeper Simon Mignolet made a great save from Pulisic on Milan’s first attempt on goal half an hour ago. However, he was helpless a few minutes later when the US midfielder sent a rolled corner into the net. Pulisic remains Milan’s top scorer this season with five goals in Serie A and two in the Champions League. A depleted Brugge hit back after the break and equalized through half-time substitute Sabbe, who was set up by fellow substitute Hugo Vetlesen.

But the hosts capitalized on their numerical advantage and Reijnders put them back in front after the hour, netting a fine back pass from Noah Okafor before Samuel Chukwueze put him ahead with another sharp pass.

Milan’s 16-year-old striker Francesco Camarda believed he had become the youngest Champions League goalscorer in history. The teenager threw off his jersey in celebration as he headed home a cross from Reijnders after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute. Camarda’s mother and girlfriend were shown in the stands wiping tears from their faces.

However, the goal was then disallowed for offside and Camarda also received a yellow card for taking off his shirt. Camarda would have become the youngest goalscorer in the Champions League at 16 years and 226 days. The record is held by Ansu Fati, who was 17 years and 40 days old when he scored for Barcelona against Inter Milan in 2019.

“It was emotional, I think the best feeling of my life, but then the VAR played a trick on me,” Camarda said after the game. “I’m really disappointed, but things like this happen, especially in modern football.”

Considered one of Italy’s brightest talents, Camarda holds the record as the youngest player in Serie A history, which he set against Fiorentina last season aged just 15. He only played one other game for Milan last season.