Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said the Orobici didn’t let him down in the 3-1 defeat to Lazio on Sunday.
Lazio gained revenge for their Coppa Italia defeat and celebrated loudly after the final whistle, inflicting La Dea’s first Serie A loss in 2021.
And Gasperini pointed at his men conceding ‘some foolish goals’ when he explained the defeat.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said the Orobici didn’t let him down in the 3-1 defeat to Lazio on Sunday.
Lazio gained revenge for their Coppa Italia defeat and celebrated loudly after the final whistle, inflicting La Dea’s first Serie A loss in 2021.
And Gasperini pointed at his men conceding ‘some foolish goals’ when he explained the defeat.
“The opening goal allowed Lazio to be able to play their best and efficiently,” Gasperini told DAZN after the match.
“I didn’t see a bad performance from my players, unfortunately we conceded some foolish goals.
“It’s one of those games where some episodes led to success for the visitors. Overall, I didn’t mind Atalanta’s performance.”
The defeat comes only days after the 3-2 win in the Coppa Italia, on the same ground against the same opponents.
“Last Wednesday, the 10 of us managed to score goals by closing down at the back and not conceding anything.
“Today, we had to recover, we created. We believed in it, also because we had more energy than Lazio.”
Gasperini had to make big changes and was asked about the absence of Hans Hateboer and Robin Gosens.
“We had to change our way of playing. They are important players, but [Joakim] Maehle and [Matteo] Ruggeri did well too, it was not easy against [Manuel] Lazzari.
“We also rotated players, on Wednesday, we have an important game. Too bad for the third goal because we had straightened it out.”