Charles De Ketelaere scored twice as Atalanta cruised to a 4-0 win at Monza on Sunday, solidifying third place and condemning the hosts to relegation from Serie A.
Belgium’s De Ketelaere was on the double inside 23 minutes, first by dribbling previous two defenders into the field for a cool end, then profiting from a Monza error to attain his second.
Ademola Lookman sealed Monza’s doomed destiny with a 3rd purpose for Atalanta two minutes after the break, ending together with his left foot after shaking off his marker with ease.
The hosts’ distress deepened late within the sport when Omari Forson’s diving header, which may have pulled one again, was brilliantly saved on the road by Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi.
Marco Brescianini added a fourth for the away facet two minutes from time, sending Monza down with a whimper – they sit backside and an unassailable 12 factors adrift of Seventeenth-placed Lecce.
Atalanta at the moment are in command of third place as they’ve 68 factors with three rounds remaining, whereas Lazio are fourth with 63 factors and Juventus, who play Bologna in a while Sunday, are in fifth with 62.
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Atalanta have now gained 68 factors in Serie A this season: solely in 2019-20 (74) and in 2020-21 (72) have they managed extra after 35 matches of their top-flight historical past.
Certainly, no staff have gained extra away factors than Atalanta’s 39 in Europe’s high 5 leagues this season, stage with Barcelona.
Mateo Retegui managed a pair of assists on Sunday, with no Atalanta participant concerned in additional targets than his 31 (24 targets, seven assists) in a single Serie A marketing campaign since knowledge assortment started in 2003-04.
Their success can also be constructed on a robust defence, with Carnesecchi retaining his 14th clear sheet, essentially the most within the three-points-for-a-win Serie A period for Atalanta, overtaking the 13 for Andrea Consigli in 2011-12.
This was a thumping efficiency on the different finish, too, leaving no shock that Atalanta accrued 2.58 anticipated targets to Monza’s 0.59.
