SERIE A - Pasalic hat-trick pivots Atalanta with a win over Venezia

30.11.2021 22:15 of D.B. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
SERIE A - Pasalic hat-trick pivots Atalanta with a win over Venezia
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On Tuesday, Atalanta continued their outstanding run of form with a 4-0 win over Venezia, moving them within four points of the Serie A summit

Atalanta won their fourth consecutive league encounter courtesy to a hat-trick from Pasalic and a goal from Teun Koopmeiners to tighten the gap on leaders Napoli and draw level on 31 points with Inter Milan in third.

Despite making a slew of changes from Saturday's triumph in Turin, Gian Piero Gasperini's fourth-placed Atalanta are unbeaten in eight games in Italy and cannot be written off in the title chase after smashing promoted Venezia away.

When Pasalic collected Josip Ilicic's beautiful through ball and slid in his seventh-minute opening, the away side had an uphill battle, and the Croat rifled home the second five minutes later.

After a good exchange of passes between Ilicic, Pasalic, and Giuseppe Pezzella, Koopmeiners made sure of the points shortly before the hour mark, arrowing in his first-ever Serie A goal from the edge of the box after a neat exchange of passes between Ilicic, Pasalic, and Giuseppe Pezzella.

And 10 minutes later, after exquisite dribbling from Luis Muriel, Pasalic capped a perfect evening for himself and his high-flying squad with an easy finish.