Pašalić scored his first two goals in the opening 12 minutes and added the other in the 67th, shortly after
Atalanta moved level on points with third-place Inter Milan, four points below Serie A leader
Atalanta got off to a fast start in
The
Koopmeiners extended Atalanta’s lead in the 57th when he drilled the ball into the bottom right corner. Pašalić completed his hat trick 10 minutes later, gathering the ball with his back to goal before shooting into the back of the net.
Pašalić almost got an assist minutes earlier, but Muriel’s attempt came off the base of the left post.
SCARE FOR JUVE
It dominated from the start at Salernitana, where it had 80% possession in the first half, but only had one goal to show for it.
That came in the 21st minute when Dybala played a one-two with Dejan Kulusevski before placing a powerful finish into the bottom right corner.
Salernitana almost leveled in the 58th but Luca Ranieri’s effort came off the inside of the right post and flashed across the face of goal before going out.
Juve doubled its lead 20 minutes from time, somewhat against the run of play. Dybala floated a ball across to the byline for Federico Bernardeschi, whose cross was cheekily flicked in by Morata at the near post.
Dybala had a chance to double his tally with the last kick of the match after
Elsewhere, Dušan Vlahović scored his seventh goal in five matches to lead Fiorentina over Sampdoria 3-1. Hellas Verona was held to a 0-0 draw by
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