Atalanta vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Atalanta

86': Duván Zapata (P)
90'+4': Mario Pasalic

FT
2 - 3

AC Milan

1': Davide Calabria
42': Sandro Tonali
78': Rafael Leão

Milan hang on to beat Atalanta and close gap with leaders Napoli

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AC Milan continued their impressive start to the Serie A season on Sunday, surviving a late Atalanta comeback to earn a 3-2 victory in Bergamo.

Match Commentary

1': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 1. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
24': Substitution, Atalanta. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Matteo Pessina because of an injury.
40': Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2.
45': Substitution, Atalanta. Teun Koopmeiners replaces Merih Demiral.
45': Second Half begins Atalanta 0, AC Milan 2.
52': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Joakim Maehle.
56': Substitution, Atalanta. Josip Ilicic replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
74': Substitution, AC Milan. Junior Messias replaces Brahim Díaz.
78': Goal! Atalanta 0, AC Milan 3. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández following a fast break.
80': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
80': Substitution, AC Milan. Fodé Ballo-Touré replaces Theo Hernández.
85': Junior Messias (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
86': Goal! Atalanta 1, AC Milan 3. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
87': Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Remo Freuler.
88': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
90': Substitution, AC Milan. Pietro Pellegri replaces Rafael Leão.
90'+4': Goal! Atalanta 2, AC Milan 3. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: New Balance Arena
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 9,363

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+8	Napoli	10	22	2
+12	Internazionale	10	21	3
+8	AC Milan	10	21	1
+5	AS Roma	10	21	3

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		ATA
15	Fouls	13
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
5	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	4
43.9	Possession	56.1
13	SHOTS	17
7	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
275	Accurate Passes	379
366	Passes	459
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	5
10	Crosses	20
0.2	Cross %	0.3
51	Long Balls	44
19	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
4	Blocked Shots	8
8	Effective Tackles	15
16	Tackles	22
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	8
20	Effective Clearances	9
20	Clearances	9

Line-Ups

Atalanta (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Juan Musso (GK)
28	Merih Demiral
6	José Palomino
19	Berat Djimsiti
11	Remo Freuler
15	Marten de Roon
32	Matteo Pessina
3	Joakim Maehle
77	Davide Zappacosta
91	Duván Zapata
18	Ruslan Malinovskyi

Substitutes:

Matteo Lovato, Marco Sportiello, Mario Pasalic, Francesco Rossi, Roberto Piccoli, Giorgio Scalvini, Josip Ilicic, Luis Muriel, Teun Koopmeiners, Alexey Miranchuk, Giuseppe Pezzella.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
10	Brahim Díaz
79	Franck Kessié
8	Sandro Tonali
12	Ante Rebic
17	Rafael Leão
56	Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes:

Ismaël Bennacer, Matteo Gabbia, Andrea Conti, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Andreas Jungdal, Pietro Pellegri, Alessio Romagnoli, Daniel Maldini, Samu Castillejo, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Pierre Kalulu, Junior Messias.