Duvan Zapata combined with Josip Ilicic to give Atalanta the points, but Salernitana were denied only by the frame of the goal and an acrobatic Juan Musso.
La Dea struggled at the Stadio Arechi on Franck Ribery’s full debut for the hosts, as Mamadou Coulibaly clipped the crossbar and Joel Obi thumped the near post.
Serie A | Salernitana 0-1 Atalanta: Duvan Zapata ruins Ribery’s night
Musso flew to deny Cedric Gondo at the top corner with his fingertips and that proved decisive, because Duvan Zapata snatched a late winner on Ilicic’s assist.
Atalanta could even have extended their lead, a huge miss by Davide Zappacosta and Norbert Gyomber’s goal-line clearance thumping his own crossbar.