Josip Ilicic score hat-trick to help Atalanta grab 6-2 win over Sassuolo
Atalanta
forward Josip Ilicic came off the bench to score a hat-trick in the last 20
minutes to give his side 6-2 rout away victory over Sassuolo on
Saturday.
Duvan
Zapata headed Atalanta in front from an Alejandro Gomez free kick in the 19th
minute and Gomez himself added the second with a deflected shot three minutes
before halftime.
There
were three goals in a seven-minute spell early in the second half as Alfred
Duncan pulled one back for Sassuolo, Gianluca Mancini restored Atalanta's
two-goal lead and then Duncan struck again.
Ilicic was brought on in the 63rd minute and the
Slovenian became the first player to score a hat-trick in Serie A from the
substitutes' bench since 2011.
He
opened his account with an angled shot in the 74th minute, added a second with
three minutes left following an exchange of passes with Gomez and completed his
hat-trick on the counter-attack in stoppage time.
Post a Comment