Christian Pulisic, the LeBron James of soccer? Explaining the ‘Pawn Stars’ reference that lit up Twitter

It seems that anything Christian Pulisic does elicits overreactions from Chelsea fans and the US national teams around the world.

But when he scored the tying goal against Liverpool to cap off an incredible comeback for Chelsea in the first half, the Blues’ official Twitter account in America took it a little too far.

“The Lebron James of football,” said the post immediately after Pulisic’s goal that tied the game 2-2, a result that would remain the final.

But if you took a moment to process it, the tweet was really well done. That is, if you knew the reference the admin was making: the “Pawn Stars” video segment that focused on a framed signed Pulisic t-shirt for which a fan was looking for $ 1,500 from one of the show’s stars, Richard Corey Harrison. .

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You can check it out below to see if he really took the money he was looking for:

The segment became an inside joke for American soccer Twitter a few weeks ago, but for those unaware, Chelsea’s tweet was an easy target for a few select responses – more than 400 of them accompanied more than 1,000. dating tweets. . This was just one of a long list of similar responses:

The reaction it generated was significant enough that the Chelsea manager was half apologetic:

Pulisic scores, misses a great opportunity against Liverpool

Pulisic was one of the main reasons Chelsea were able to bounce back from a two-goal deficit. Playing in a three-man front row, his well-scored goal just before halftime put Chelsea at 2-2.

It was the American’s third goal of the season in the Premier League in his 11th league appearance. More importantly, he made up for a huge missed opportunity in the seventh minute, which he should have saved in a heads-up against the goalkeeper. You could feel his relief in his post-game comments.

“I was happy. I needed to redeem myself for missing an opportunity early on,” Pulisic said. “I was glad I took a really good first touch and saved it.

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“It was strange to be down 2-0. Obviously, I had the opportunity early on that I should have taken advantage of and it could have changed the game.” “[Liverpool] He scored two, but it looked like we were still in the game, playing well and we kept going, we scored two. . . It’s an exciting game, sure, but we wanted to win it.

“Especially after we get it back 2-2, you always want to get that winner. So it was a bit frustrating not finding it, but probably a fair result in the end.”

Pulisic played most of the game in a left wing position alongside Kai Havertz and Mason Mount at the top of Chelsea’s attack. He would later move to a right-back position to end the match when Chelsea brought new legs to attack.

But outside of Pulisic’s initial opportunity, which came after a Liverpool defender was dispossessed in the area, Chelsea struggled to create a lot in the run.

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The Blues could have used star center forward Romelu Lukaku, but he was benched after comments he made to an Italian announcer criticizing head coach Thomas Tuchel’s tactics. Tuchel brought him down for the match and Chelsea needed an unexpected volley from Mateo Kovacic and the heroics of Pulisic to get on the board.

Pulisic’s first goal for Chelsea since November 20 put American football in a good mood on Sunday, especially with three FIFA World Cup qualifying matches later in the month.