On the 2021-2022 Serie A TIM matchday 21, Atalanta win 6-2 at the Dacia Arena in Udine. It was a match filled with goals, with Pašalić opening the scoring after 17 minutes with a header from Pezzella’s cross from the left. Muriel doubled the Nerazzurri’s lead on 22 minutes with a clinical left-foot finish. Udinese tested Musso with a few efforts coming off Deulofeu and Possetto, but it was Malinovskyi to add a third in the 43rd minute.

In the second half, Udinese pulled one back in the 59th minute with Molina’s strike deflected off Djimsiti and the final 15 minutes were a four-goal thriller. Muriel added another on 76 minutes (with an angled drive), then Beto made it 2-4 on 88 minutes, but Mæhle scored his first goal for Atalanta one minute later by tapping in unmarked on Miranchuk’s back-heel flick and Pessina sealed the game by converting Mæhle’s assist, minutes after the Nerazzurri Academy’s product Cittadini’s made his debut in Serie A.

UDINESE 2-6 ATALANTA

Scorers: Pašalić 17 (A), Muriel 22 (A), Malinovskyi 43 (A), Djimsiti og 59 (A), Muriel 76 (A), Beto 88 (U), Mæhle 89 (A), Pessina 92 (A).

Udinese: Padelli, Becao, De Maio, Nuytinck, Molina, Pussetto (Success 74), Walace, Udogie (Soppy 66), Nehuen Perez, Beto, Deulofeu. Bench: Piana, Fedrizzi, Castagnaviz, Damiani, Cocetta, Codutti. Coach: Gabriele Cioffi.

Atalanta: Musso, Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti (Cittadini 90), Mæhle, de Roon (Pessina 46), Koopmeiners, Pezzella (Hateboer 74), Malinovskyi, Pašalić (Miranchuk 74), Muriel (Iličić 79). Bench: Rossi, Bertini, Demiral, Scalvini. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

Referee: Michael Fabbri from Ravenna.
Assistants: Salvatore Longo from Paola and Domenico Rocca from Catanzaro.
Fourth official: Ivano Pezzuto from Lecce.
V.A.R.: Maurizio Mariani from Aprilia.
A.V.A.R.: Filippo Valeriani from Ravenna.

Notes: Becao (U), Deulofeu (U), de Roon (A), Djimsiti (A) booked.