Atalanta turned on the style to start 2021 with a 5-1 hammering of Sassuolo, including a Duvan Zapata brace, Luis Muriel dink and historic Matteo Pessina strike.
It was a masterclass from La Dea, particularly in the first half, as Duvan Zapata battered down defences before Josip Ilicic set up Pessina for the first Italian Serie A Atalanta goal in almost two years.
Atalanta turned on the style to start 2021 with a 5-1 hammering of Sassuolo, including a Duvan Zapata brace, Luis Muriel dink and historic Matteo Pessina strike.
It was a masterclass from La Dea, particularly in the first half, as Duvan Zapata battered down defences before Josip Ilicic set up Pessina for the first Italian Serie A Atalanta goal in almost two years.
Remo Freuler’s back-heel flick sent Duvan Zapata through, then Robin Gosens broke through and supersub Muriel dinked it over the goalkeeper.
Vlad Chiriches scored for Sassuolo late on, but it was little consolation.