Atalanta hit the woodwork with Luis Muriel, but were held to a disappointing stalemate, as Genoa took their run to seven consecutive Serie A draws.

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Serie A Highlights: Atalanta 0-0 Genoa

After their 3-2 Europa League win over Bayer Leverkusen, La Dea needed to get back on track in Serie A too. Marten de Roon sat out a ban with Josip Ilicic, Duvan Zapata and Aleksei Miranchuk injured, while Genoa had both Stefano Sturaro and Nicolò Rovella suspended, plus Domenico Criscito, Andrea Cambiaso, Roberto Piccoli, Caleb Ekuban and Zinho Vanheusden on the treatment table.

Luis Muriel fired over after cutting inside, then the Colombian clipped the outside of the far post with a first-time curler from the edge of the area after Mario Pasalic’s nutmeg.

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Genoa impressed in Bergamo, Amiri’s free kick sailing over the bar, while Kelvin Yeboah went sliding in as Marco Sportiello struggled to deal with a back-pass.

Teun Koopmeiners charged down an Amiri effort, but Atalanta really should’ve taken the lead on 63 minutes. Koopmeiners surged forward, rode a tackle and rolled across only for Mario Pasalic to dink it over the bar from seven yards.

Matteo Pessina somehow hit the upright from point-blank range on a flicked-on corner, but his blushes were saved by the offside flag.

Genoa weathered the storm and started to create chances of their own with fresh legs off the bench, first Mattia Destro drilling just wide, then Sportiello using his legs to parry one-on-one with impressive Morten Frendrup at the near post.

Leo Ostigard got back for a decisive deflection on Muriel’s finish.

Atalanta 0-0 Genoa

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