Atalanta walked on Sunday at the Allianz Stadium while they drove a 4-0 win over Juventus to strengthen their grip in third place in the Serie A.
In the result, Atalanta also won an away game against Juventus with at least two goals for the first time in their Serie A history, in what was a stunning display.
The penalty of Mateo Retegui brought the visitors ahead in the 26th minute, with the Spot-Kick awarded after Weston McKennie had treated the ball in the area.
It took the visitors 50 seconds to double their lead in the second half when the shot of breathola lookman was parried in the path of Marten de Roon, who shot the ball home.
Atalanta undoubtedly stated the result with a real quality moment, with a fine free flow that saw Davide Zappacosta find the back of the net after collecting the neat rear wheel of Sead Kolasinac in the box.
Lookman concluded the score in the 77th minute, with his strike that Lloyd Kelly bends and past the vast arm of Michele di Gregorio, who moved Atalanta in three points of leaders Inter.
Atalanta are now only three points on drift from leaders Inter, while Juventus remains fourth, but now six points behind Gian Piero Gasperini.
Data Debrief: Stuck at the back, but ruthless in attack
After they hoped for their scudetto after a bad series of results, Atalanta can cling to a weak hope to lift the title this season after an impressive display.
And their achievements were based on being firm at the back, yet ruthless in the attack. With Retegui and Lookman they have two excellent strikers, which have contributed an expected goals (XG) of 2.36 to the 3.75 of Atalanta.
Indeed, 14 of the 22 goals that are scored by Retegui in this competition have arrived. From 1929-30 Ciro Immobile is the only Italian player who scores more goals on the road in one Serie A season, after he has done three times (16 in 2017-18, 17 in 2019-20-200019 and 15 in 2021-22).
Atalanta also scored at least four goals in a single match against Juventus for the first time in their history in the Serie A.
But they have now held a clean slate in at least five consecutive Series A matches for the fourth time in their history in the top flight, after six between December 1996 and January 1997, five between October and November 1985 and five between January and February 1967.
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