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Atalanta 2-3 Milan: Early Calabria strike helps unbeaten Milan into second in five-goal thriller
Davide Calabria scored inside the first 30 seconds as Milan triumphed 3-2 over Atalanta to regain second place in the Serie A table on Sunday.
The Rossoneri captain tucked home the rebound after his initial shot was parried poorly by Juan Musso with the hosts caught cold, before Sandro Tonali profited from a Remo Freuler error to add a second and Rafael Leao rifled in a third.
Duvan Zapata smashed home a penalty after substitute Junior Messias was deemed to have handled the ball in the area after a VAR check and the striker set Mario Pasalic up to convert at the back post as the seconds wound down, but Gian Piero Gasperini's men left it too late to salvage a point.
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The result sees Milan maintain their unbeaten record, with this their sixth win from their opening seven league fixtures, only dropping points in their 1-1 draw away to Juventus so far.
An amazing night at Atalanta: an almost perfect performanceChe partita, che Milan: prestazione quasi perfetta. Grandi ragazzi! #AtalantaMilan #SempreMilan href="https://twitter.com/Acqua_Lete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Acqua_Lete pic.twitter.com/h5Wb9fqMNq AC Milan (@acmilan) October 3, 2021
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