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Ademola Lookman is the joint second top scorer in Serie A this season with nine goalsAtalanta became the first team to score eight goals in a Serie A game since 1996 as they demolished Salernitana.
Jeremie Boga netted for Atalanta and Boulaye Dia levelled before Ademola Lookman's penalty put the hosts back ahead.
Giorgio Scalvini, Teun Koopmeiners and Rasmus Hojlund made it 5-1 at the break with Lookman scoring again.
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia pulled one back before further goals from Ederson and Nadir Zortea.
More than 26 years had passed since Inter Milan beat Padova 8-2, the last team to hit more than seven in an Italian top flight game.
Atalanta are sixth in the table, with Salernitana down in 16th.
Only Napoli striker Victor Osimhen (12) has scored more Serie A goals than London-born Nigeria international Lookman's nine this season.
The 25-year-old previously played for Charlton, Everton, RB Leipzig, Fulham and Leicester.
Line-ups
Atalanta
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Musso
- 2TolóiSubstituted forDemiralat 58'minutes
- 6Palomino
- 42Scalvini
- 77ZappacostaSubstituted forZorteaat 58'minutes
- 15de RoonSubstituted fordos Santos Lourenco da Silvaat 45'minutes
- 7KoopmeinersBooked at 30mins
- 22Ruggeri
- 11LookmanSubstituted forMaehleat 81'minutes
- 17HøjlundSubstituted forZapataat 64'minutes
- 10Boga
Substitutes
- 3Maehle
- 5Okoli
- 9Muriel
- 13dos Santos Lourenco da Silva
- 19Djimsiti
- 21Zortea
- 28Demiral
- 31Rossi
- 33Hateboer
- 57Sportiello
- 88Pasalic
- 91Zapata
- 93Soppy
Salernitana
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 13Ochoa
- 66LovatoSubstituted forGyömbérat 45'minutes
- 17FazioSubstituted forRadovanovicat 72'minutes
- 98PirolaSubstituted forSambiaat 86'minutes
- 87Candreva
- 18Coulibaly
- 41Nicolussi Caviglia
- 3Bradaric
- 10VilhenaSubstituted forKastanosat 71'minutes
- 99Piatek
- 29DiaSubstituted forBonazzoliat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Fiorillo
- 6Sambia
- 8Bohinen
- 9Bonazzoli
- 11Botheim
- 14Valencia
- 16Radovanovic
- 20Kastanos
- 23Gyömbér
- 28Capezzi
- 71De Matteis
Referee:Gianluca Aureliano
Live Text
Match ends, Atalanta 8, Salernitana 2.
Second Half ends, Atalanta 8, Salernitana 2.
Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Guillermo Ochoa.
Attempt saved. Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
Substitution, Salernitana. Junior Sambia replaces Lorenzo Pirola.
Goal! Atalanta 8, Salernitana 2. Nadir Zortea (Atalanta) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
Substitution, Atalanta. Joakim Maehle replaces Ademola Lookman.
Attempt missed. Lassana Coulibaly (Salernitana) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Domagoj Bradaric.
Foul by José Luis Palomino (Atalanta).
Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Salernitana. Krzysztof Piatek tries a through ball, but Antonio Candreva is caught offside.
Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Lorenzo Pirola.
Jérémie Boga (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Norbert Gyömbér (Salernitana).
Duván Zapata (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lorenzo Pirola (Salernitana).
Substitution, Salernitana. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Boulaye Dia.
Substitution, Salernitana. Ivan Radovanovic replaces Federico Fazio.
Substitution, Salernitana. Grigoris Kastanos replaces Tonny Vilhena.
Hand ball by Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta).
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