Phenomenal Samp put three past Atalanta in Bergamo

Sampdoria produced a stunning display to beat Atalanta 3-1 in their own back yard on Saturday afternoon, claiming back-to-back Champions League scalps after Lazio and a third straight Serie A win.

Having caused Gian Piero Gasperini’s side plenty of problems last season yet only earned a point for their efforts, this time Claudio Ranieri’s men went one better with a brilliant all-round performance.

Fabio Quagliarella drew first blood to establish himself as Serie A’s 15th-highest all-time scorer, Morten Thorsby doubled the lead on the hour mark with a deft header then – after Duvan Zapata had halved the arrears – Jakub Jankto put the game to bed late on.

Atalanta 1-3 Sampdoria (HT 0-1)
Scorers: Quagliarella 13, Thorsby 59, Zapata 80 (pen), Jankto 90+2.

Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Sutalo (Toloi 46), Palomino, Djimsiti; Depaoli (Hateboer 60), De Roon (Malinovskyi 63), Pasalic, Mojica (Gosens 46); Gomez; Ilicic, Lammers (Zapata 46)
Subs not used: Radunovic, Rossi, Muriel, Freuler, Romero, Pessina, Miranchuk.
Coach: Gasperini.

Sampdoria (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Tonelli, Augello; Jankto, Thorsby, Ekdal, Damsgaard (Leris 62); Ramírez (Verre 65), Quagliarella (Balde 66).
Subs not used: Ravaglia, Letica, Silva, Colley, Askildsen, Regini, La Gumina, Ferrari, Prelec.
Coach: Ranieri.

Referee: Calvarese (Teramo).
Assistants: Peretti (Verona) and Muto (Torre Annunziata).
Fourth official: Volpi (Arezzo).
VAR: Banti (Livorno).
VAR assistant: Tegoni (Milan).

Booked: Tonelli 31, Mojica 44, Yoshida 47, Malinovskyi 66, Balde 69, Jankto 71, Palomino 86
Added time: 2+4 minutes.
Pitch: good condition.