La Dea’s hope of cutting the gap to three points ahead of Juventus’ next game against Sampdoria on Sunday was dented by Stefano Pioli’s men.
The hosts took the lead inside 14 minutes thanks to Hakan Calhanoglu’s sublime finish and the visitors had the chance to pull parity via the penalty spots 12 minutes later but Ruslan Malinovskyi failed to score.
Atalanta go their deserved equalizer on the 34th minute mark through Colombia international Duvan Zapata and that was enough to salvage a point for the Bergamo-based club at the San Siro.
In an interview with Football Italia after the game Gasperini admitted it was ‘an excellent point at Milan’, insisting it is not easy to play against the Rossoneri who are in excellent form.
"This was an important game for the run-in, it’s not easy to play Milan these days,” the 62-year-old Italian said
“We conceded in the first few minutes, then we regained balance and had a good game.”
“I would say it’s an excellent point.”
Atalanta are now unbeaten in their last 19 competitive games in all competitions and they will seek to maintain their current run when they visit Stadio Ennio Tardini to face Parma on Tuesday night.
