Milan: Juventus escaped Salernitana with a hard 2-0 win on Tuesday that brought some positivity after a rough week, while Atalanta followed on the heels of Serie A leaders' Mario Pasalic-inspired 4-0 win over Venezia After the victory.
Paulo Dybala and lvaro Morata scored to give struggling Juve points at the Stadio Arechi, but they finished seventh, seven points behind Atalanta who finished fourth in the eventual Champions League spot.
"Right now more than ever we need a sense of responsibility. We don't need to do anything out of the ordinary, we need to do ordinary things but with intelligence ... Today we did that," said Giorgio Chiellini to DAZN said .
Dybala beat the opener after a one-two with Djan Kulusevski in the 21st minute and 10 minutes later Juve thought they had doubled their lead through captain Chiellini.
Although the veteran defender had celebrated to push home the rebound after dodging the post after Juan Cuadrado's free-kick, the goal was dismissed by VAR officials, who saw Moise Kean partially deviating. It was because the Colombian hit his shot.
From there Juventus dominated proceedings, but could consider themselves lucky enough not to enter the final half-hour level with their promoted opponents, when a confused Juve defense forced Luca Ranieri to pull out a cross. Granted, the 22-year-old could only start the fire from close at the post.
And with 20 minutes to go, Morata secured the points for the away side with a clever blow after a deflected cross from Federico Bernardeschi was caught.
Dybala then dropped a stoppage-time penalty and wasted an opportunity to make the scoreline more impressive, but few in black and white would care after two embarrassing defeats to Chelsea and Atalanta and criminal investigations into club accounts and transfer deals. .
Pasalic scored a hat-trick as Atalanta continued their impressive recent run at Bergamo and moved within four points of league leaders Napoli, who face Sassuolo on Wednesday.
After an impressive win at Juve over the weekend, Atalanta won their fourth straight league match, thanks to Pasalic's treble and a tuned Koopminers strike, which placed them level on 31 points with Inter Milan in third.
Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta are unbeaten on eight in Italy and may not be exempt from the title race after being promoted to Venezia, despite making a change from Saturday's win over Juve in Turin.
Pasalic collected Josip Ilii's perfect through ball before slipping in his seventh-minute opener, and Croatia made it an uphill battle to rifle out the home five minutes later.
Venezia never looked like reacting to their opening setbacks and the copminers were absolutely sure of the points just before the hour mark, after a neat exchange of passes between Ilicic, Pasalic and Giuseppe Pezzella. Shot his first Serie A goal from the edge of the box. ,
And Pasalic completed a perfect evening for him and his high-flying team with a simple finish 10 minutes later after dazzling dribbling from Luis Muriel.
After the match Atalanta president Luca Percassi announced that Gasperini had signed a contract extension until 2024, with the option of one more year.
In Florence, Dusan Vlahovic extended his lead at the top of the league's scoring charts with a 12th season lead and Fiorentina forward against Sampdoria in the 32nd minute, when José Callejón removed Manolo Gabiadini's 15th-minute opener. leveled from the side.
Ricciardo Sotil made it three just before the break to earn Vincenzo Italiano's side, which fell to Empoli over the weekend, a welcome 3–1 win that places them in sixth place with 24 points scored. Goal is over Juve.