
Atalanta vs Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A
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
Venue: Gewiss Stadium
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Attendance: 9,363
Italian Serie A Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+22 | Napoli | 25 | 56 | 3 |
+34 | Internazionale | 25 | 54 | 3 |
+28 | Atalanta | 25 | 51 | 4 |
+21 | Juventus | 25 | 46 | 1 |
Statistics
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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