Atalanta end Inter’s unbeaten streak
milan — Defender Gianluca Mancini scored for a third consecutive game as Atalanta ended Inter Milan’s unbeaten run with a 4-1 victory on Sunday which sees Luciano Spalletti’s titlechasers drop from second to third in Serie A.
“It’s an important push to keep going forward,” said Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini. “We won against a powerful team, which was coming off seven wins in a row.”
Mancini headed in after 62 minutes in Bergamo to add to Hans Hateboer’s eighth-minute opener, with Berat Djimsiti (88) and Alejandro Gomez (90+4) sealing all three points for the hosts.
Inter captain Mauro Icardi had equalised when he slotted in a penalty just after the break, but his side finished with ten men after Marcelo Brozovic was sent off two minutes into injury time.
Inter slip three points behind apoli, who came from behind to beat Genoa 2-1 on Friday.
The hosts dominated Inter from the outset on a muddy pitch in Bergamo and after Hateboer’s opener they could have been further ahead in northern Italy but for some fine Samir Handanovic saves. Handanovic kept out a Duvan Zapata effort, and also shoved out a quickfire rebound from Dutch right-back Hateboer.
But Hateboer found the way through, tapping in a Gosens cross, with Josip Ilicic missing a chance for a second in front of goal after 22 minutes. —