Monza 0-4 Atalanta: De Ketelaere double sends hosts down with a whimper

Charles De Ketelaere scored doubly arsenic Atalanta cruised to a 4-0 triumph astatine Monza connected Sunday, solidifying 3rd spot and condemning the hosts to relegation from Serie A.

Belgium’s De Ketelaere was astatine the treble wrong 23 minutes, archetypal by dribbling past 2 defenders into the container for a chill finish, past taking vantage of a Monza mistake to people his second.

Ademola Lookman sealed Monza’s doomed destiny with a 3rd extremity for Atalanta 2 minutes aft the break, finishing with his near ft aft shaking disconnected his marker with ease.

The hosts’ misery deepened precocious successful the crippled erstwhile Omari Forson’s diving header, which could person pulled 1 back, was brilliantly saved connected the enactment by Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi.

Marco Brescianini added a 4th for the distant broadside 2 minutes from time, sending Monza down with a whimper – they beryllium bottommost and an unassailable 12 points adrift of 17th-placed Lecce.

Atalanta are present successful power of 3rd spot arsenic they person 68 points with 3 rounds remaining, portion Lazio are 4th with 63 points and Juventus, who play Bologna aboriginal connected Sunday, are successful 5th with 62.

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— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) May 4, 2025

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Atalanta person present won 68 points successful Serie A this season: lone successful 2019-20 (74) and successful 2020-21 (72) person they managed much aft 35 matches successful their top-flight history.

Indeed, nary squad person won much distant points than Atalanta’s 39 successful Europe’s apical 5 leagues this season, level with Barcelona.

Mateo Retegui managed a brace of assists connected Sunday, with nary Atalanta subordinate progressive successful much goals than his 31 (24 goals, 7 assists) successful a azygous Serie A run since information postulation began successful 2003-04.

Their occurrence is besides built connected a beardown defence, with Carnesecchi keeping his 14th cleanable sheet, the astir successful the three-points-for-a-win Serie A epoch for Atalanta, overtaking the 13 for Andrea Consigli successful 2011-12.

This was a thumping show astatine the different end, too, leaving nary astonishment that Atalanta accumulated 2.58 expected goals to Monza’s 0.59.