Gian Piero Gasperini criticised some of the refereeing decisions, which he believes cost Atalanta an important win in Serie A. (More Sports News)
Atalanta spurned a chance from the penalty spot in the second half, with 𒐪Torino leaving Bergamo with a 1-1 draw after Guillermo Maripan cancelled out Berat Dj🌺imsiti's opener.
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic saved Mateo Retegui's 74th-minute effort from 12 yards, while Raoul Bellanova saw a goal💫 disal♊lowed for handball, a decision which frustrated Gasperini.
It means th꧟at Atalanta have now drawn four of their last six matches in Serie A (W1 L1), as many as they had recorded in their previous 36 outings in the competition combined.
As well꧃ as the disallowed goal, Gasperini also felt they should have had another pe⛎nalty.
&꧙quot;There are episodes such as the penalty not given and Bellanova's goal, they weigh because they are VAR decisions," Gasperini told reporters.
"Today more than a little was taken from us. We need to understand who re𝕴ferees 🅘football matches, whether it is the one on the pitch or the one at the VAR.
"𝓀✃We need to focus on VAR because who referees on the field no longer counts for anything."
Atalanta have scored the most headed goals in the big five European leagues this season (11), ahe♎ad of Nottingham Forest (10).
They have also netted at least one goal in each of their last 27 home matches in Serie A; only Inter (33) are currently on a longer run thanꦡ La Dea.
Atalanta had 22 chances (worth 2.97 expected goals) compared to Torino's five (0.58 xG), leaving Gasperiꦬni unimpressed with the visitors' lack of attacking effort.
"It would be hard to find an opponent in t♌he league who managed to do so little, even though they are a good team," Gasperini said.
"The only mistake we made was the error on their headed goal. Then, ൩getting past the Torino defence is not that easy, we were missing something."
Atalanta were without injured forward Ademola Lookman and had to replace goalkeeper Marco Carnesecch🐎i following the pre-match warm-up. However, Gianluca Scamacca made his first appearance of the season, coming on as a late substitute.
The striker, who ruptu൩red his anterior cruciate ligament in a pre-season friendly, appeared to struggle after replacing Rete💎gui with five minutes remaining.
"Scamacca, unfortunately,💦 had to stop. After a minute he had a quadriceps problem, a shame because he has been doing tests and trials for several weeks," Gasper✨ini added.
"Let's hope it's n❀𝓀ot something that can stop him."
