It was a placid, quiet afternoon for Atalanta, who dominated almost the entire game at home to Sampdoria and ended up celebrating a new victory in Serie A, key to staying at the top of the table, fighting for European places.
The goals of Malinovskyi and Gosens allowed to add the three points, in a game in which Muriel was titular and assistant and Zapata could not be by injury.
The first minutes, in fact, were a matter of the local, who approached on two occasions, one at 17 when he had to remove it from the line Palomino.
But Atalanta was patient and endured and Muriel was this time more a partner than a definer, when at 36 he was served by Malinovskyi, who wanted to define her as a tac, asked for a hand but in the end the attempt went wrong .
The best thing is that at 40 they no longer failed: service of the Colombian and the Ukrainian slipped into the area to define up, powerful and put the score 0-1.
At 50 Maehle’s goal play was disallowed and at 59 Muriel left for Ilicic, a bit to give the former a break and to assign responsibilities to the latter, after the incident of his field goal. and his difference with DT Gasperini, who this time led from the stands by sanction.
And just at 70 he already sentenced the visitor, in which Maehle put a marvel of ball on the opposite post and there appeared, pulling, Gosens for 2-0.
End of the film, Sampdoria did not worry and were three points in the stock market very important to maintain and prominence in Serie A.