Marten de Roon’s deflected effort and a late header from Nicolò Zaniolo in opposition to his outdated membership despatched Roma to a fourth straight Serie A defeat and gave Atalanta their eighth win on the bounce.
The Giallorossi made their who misplaced away to Napoli and oversaw a spectacular comeback to attract 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday. With Mario Hermoso injured plus Nicolò Pisilli suspended, Paulo Dybala returned in a 3-5-2 formation. La Dea received seven Serie A video games in a row and crushed Younger Boys 6-1 on Tuesday, although Davide Zappacosta, Ben Godfrey and Gianluca Scamacca have been nonetheless out of motion.
Leandro Paredes stung Marco Carnesecchi’s gloves with a scorcher from distance within the fourth minute, then Manu Koné hit an analogous effort only some inches vast of the highest nook with the goalkeeper stranded.
Ademola Lookman had the ball within the web after 23 minutes, however he was offside when redirecting the wayward Raoul Bellanova volley on the again publish.
Charles De Ketelaere solely glanced an Ederson cross into the arms of Mile Svilar and Mats Hummels prevented Mateo Retegui tapping in from six yards on an Odilon Kossounou pull-back from the by-line.
Roma had an enormous likelihood straight after the restart, Dovbyk at full stretch solely in a position to graze his toes to an impressed Dybala flick when saved onside by Matteo Ruggeri, as Carnesecchi managed to smother.
Nicolò Zaniolo was loudly jeered by the house followers as he got here on in opposition to his former membership, having left in reasonably bitter circumstances.
Atalanta took the lead on the finish of a protracted attacking transfer when a clearance ended up on the finish of the realm to Marten de Roon, whose strike took an enormous deflection off Zeki Celik to fully wrong-foot Svilar.
Hummels hobbled off touching his thigh and Roma virtually equalised when Alexis Saelemaekers dummied a cross, reducing inside to seek out Gianluca Mancini on the again publish, however at full stretch the defender couldn’t handle to steer it on course.
Bryan Cristante additionally went off with a muscular subject and Ederson ought to’ve made it 2-0, turning vast off the within of the boot from six yards as Marco Brescianini rolled throughout from the left.
Zaniolo was jeered even louder when he doubled Atalanta’s lead within the ultimate minute with a glancing header on Juan Cuadrado’s nook, taking a nick off Mancini to loop into the far high nook from a tough angle. He took off his jersey and rushed to rejoice wildly below the part of away followers behind the aim, relishing this second in opposition to his former membership.
Roma 0-2 Atalanta
De Roon 69 (A), Zaniolo 89 (A)
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