Atalanta humbled Serie A leaders AC Milan 3-0 on Saturday handing them their second league defeat of the season at San Siro, however, Stefano Pioli’s side emerged as ‘winter champions’ in Serie A.
Cristian Romero, Josip Ilicic, and Duvan Zapata all scored in a very dominant victory for the Bergamo side.
Atalanta could have easily beaten AC Milan by an even wider margin if they had converted a myriad of chances they got as Milan looked pretty much out of sorts and ultimately put in one of their worst performances of the season.
The hosts also failed to manage a shot on target until the 71st minute of the match when debutant Mario Mandzukic drew a good save from Pierluigi Gollini with his first touch after coming off the bench.
Milan nevertheless claims the title of winter champions having remained top of the Serie A at the halfway point of the season with 43 points, two ahead of Inter Milan after their 0-0 draw at Udinese.
Atalanta also moved into the top four with the comfortable win which got them up to 36 points, returning to form in style after back-to-back draws against Genoa and Udinese.
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