Atalanta v Hellas Verona: CM’s player ratings: Zappacosta proves decisive, De Roon makes Nerazzurri history

Carnesecchi 6.5: kept the ball out on two occasions, diving to save shots from Bowie first and then Orban

Scalvini 6.5: held back the yellow team’s advance without committing a foul

Djimsiti 6.5: directed his teammates and gave his all until the very end

Kolasinac 6.5: made several sacrifices to keep the danger at bay, particularly in the second half

(Hien 5.5 31’ 2nd half: came on and picked up a yellow card

Zappacosta 7.5: his left-footed magic from the edge of the box proved decisive; excellent performance dealing with crosses and making runs

De Roon 7: the captain was hailed as he rightfully went down in history for reaching the all-time appearance record, 436, in an Atalanta shirt, overtaking Bellini who remains on 435.

(Samardzic n/a 43’ 2nd half)

Ederson 7: a playmaker who had been sorely missed; he has plenty of good ideas and puts them into practice

(Pasalic 6 18’ st: helps bring freshness when energy is running low)

Bernasconi 6: overlaps with Zalewski but has less space than the Pole

De Ketelaere 6: not very incisive, few flashes of inspiration, less brilliant

(Musah 6, 31’ 2nd half: a substitute who will be a help over the next two months

Zalewski 6.5: provided Krstovic with valuable passes, especially in the first half

(Raspadori 6 19’ st: ready to join Scamacca in the Italy squad

Krstovic 7: the only thing missing was a goal, which he squandered in front of goal in the second half. A shame

Manager: Palladino 6.5: a win was needed, even a scrappy one, to keep pace with the big clubs in the race for Europe, and he secured it with the right substitutions

Montipò 6: the Hellas goalkeeper could do nothing about Zappacosta’s diagonal shot, but then held his ground

Nelsson 5.5: gets to grips with the game with some solid early defending, but his energy doesn’t last long

Edmundsson 5.5: picks up a yellow card straight away, making his performance an uphill struggle

Valentini 5: Frantic play and nerves eventually get the better of him

Belghali 6.5: consistently provides good ideas and believes in the draw right until the end

Akpa Akpro 6.5: valuable for his ideas, he’s a tough nut to crack for the Nerazzurri and does well in one-on-one situations

(Bernede unrated 40’ 2nd half)

Gagliardini 5.5: Booed by the home crowd, he struggles to defend without fouling; both de Roon and Ederson manage to shut him down

(Al-Musrati 6 21’ st: made a good impact after coming on, nearly scored the equaliser)

Harroui 6: did his bit, a physical and self-sacrificing performance; gave his all and came off when he had nothing left.

(Suslov 6 21’ st): made his presence felt on a few occasions, but was too far from the box

Frese 5: starts badly and finishes worse; lacks grit and quality on this afternoon in Bergamo

(Oyegoke 6 1’ st): more convincing than his teammate, but it wasn’t enough

Bowie 5: misses in front of goal when he shouldn’t have, then Carnesecchi reads the trajectory

(Sarr 6, 33’ st): gives it a go

Orban 6: believed in a draw right to the end and forced Carnesecchi into a save worth a goal, but could have made more of the counter-attacks that are his bread and butter.

Manager: Sammarco 5.5: Sarr and El-Musrati’s contributions were needed earlier; more points in the battle for survival were lost, even if the team hasn’t sunk.