Atalanta edges Club Brugge
Lazar Samardzic and Mario Pasalic were on target as Atalanta produced a late comeback to beat Club Brugge 2-1 in the Champions League.
Christos Tzolis' well-executed opener had the visitor ahead by the break at New Balance Arena but Brugge was denied making it two wins from two in the league phase as the host fought back to rebound from a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
Lorenzo Bernasconi trickled a volley just wide in what proved Atalanta's best effort of a first half in which it failed to register a shot on target.
Tzolis had already sent one effort over the crossbar for Brugge before he curled a fine strike into the bottom-right corner from just outside the area.
Tzolis tested home goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi early in the second half, while half-time substitute Davide Zappacosta dragged wide after bringing it down out of the air.
Atalanta found a way back into the game when visiting goalkeeper Nordin Jackers upended Pasalic when trying to palm away the ball and Samardzic coolly sent him the wrong way with an effort into the right corner.
Hugo Vetlesen nearly put the visitor straight back in front but he shot narrowly wide after pouncing on Carnesecchi's error.
That was punished when Pasalic nodded in from a well-worked Atalanta corner routine with just three minutes to play.
