Match highlights
Atalanta vs Salernitana highlights
How the goals came
5' Jérémie Boga opens the scoring for Atalanta → 10' Boulaye Dia equalises for Salernitana → 20' Ademola Lookman puts Atalanta ahead → 23' Giorgio Scalvini extends Atalanta's lead (the winner) → 38' Teun Koopmeiners extends Atalanta's lead → 41' Rasmus Højlund extends Atalanta's lead → 54' Ademola Lookman extends Atalanta's lead → 56' Hans Nicolussi Caviglia pulls one back for Salernitana → 61' Éderson extends Atalanta's lead → 85' Nadir Zortea extends Atalanta's lead. Full time: 8-2, Atalanta win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 10 goals came after half-time.
5' Jérémie Boga (Atalanta) 1-0
Atalanta struck first at the Gewiss Stadium, with Jérémie Boga putting the hosts 1-0 up after five minutes. It was the first of ten goals in the match. The lead did not last long, as Salernitana drew level five minutes later.
10' Boulaye Dia (Salernitana) 1-1
Salernitana responded in the 10th minute, Boulaye Dia levelling at 1-1 only five minutes after the visitors had fallen behind. It would be their only goal of the first half. Atalanta went on to score four more times before the break.
20' Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) 2-1
With the score at 1-1, Ademola Lookman restored Atalanta's lead in the 20th minute. The hosts never surrendered the advantage from that point on, making his goal for 2-1 the eventual winner. Lookman would add a second after the interval.
23' Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta) 3-1
Just three minutes after going back in front, Atalanta extended their lead through Giorgio Scalvini, who made it 3-1 in the 23rd minute. Having been pegged back at 1-1 in the 10th minute, the hosts had now opened a two-goal gap with goals in quick succession.
38' Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) 4-1
Teun Koopmeiners stretched Atalanta's lead to three in the 38th minute, making it 4-1. Another goal would follow three minutes later, taking the hosts to five before half-time.
41' Rasmus Højlund (Atalanta) 5-1
Rasmus Højlund made it 5-1 in the 41st minute, three minutes after Koopmeiners had scored. It was the last goal of the first half, sending Atalanta into the break four goals to the good.
54' Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) 6-1
The first goal of the second half came from Ademola Lookman in the 54th minute, his second of the match after the go-ahead goal in the 20th. It made the score 6-1, and Lookman finished as the only player to score more than once.
56' Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Salernitana) 6-2
Two minutes after falling 6-1 behind, Salernitana pulled one back in the 56th minute through Hans Nicolussi Caviglia to make it 6-2. It was the visitors' second goal of the match, following Dia's in the 10th minute, and their last.
61' Éderson (Atalanta) 7-2
Five minutes after Salernitana's second goal, Éderson restored Atalanta's five-goal margin in the 61st minute. His goal made it 7-2.
85' Nadir Zortea (Atalanta) 8-2
Nadir Zortea added Atalanta's eighth in the 85th minute, and the match finished 8-2. It was the tenth and final goal of the game. Seven different players scored for Atalanta, Lookman twice among them.
