Ivan Juric’s Atalanta dropped into the bottom half of the Serie A table, suffering their first league defeat of the season as they lost 1-0 to Udinese.
Udinese climbed above them with their first clean sheet at the Stadio Friuli this term. Atalanta have 13 points from nine games, marking their slowest start to a league campaign since 2018/19.
A match-up against the division’s joint-leakiest defence provided an opportunity for Juric’s side to build momentum. However, Udinese began to produce some attacking threat through Nicolo Zaniolo.
Neither side was able to establish a foothold in an evenly-matched opening period.
Author summary: Atalanta lost to Udinese 1-0.