Passion of homegrown Atalanta typified by their manager

The Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo is not an easy place to get a result.

Gian Piero Gasperini manager of Atalanta BC gestures during the Serie A match between Empoli FC and Atalanta BC at Stadio Carlo Castellani on October 17, 2021 in Empoli, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

Take each match as it comes. It is the simple formula repeated by every coach and manager around the world. Perhaps they say it to remind themselves as much as anyone else. For in reality match preparation is far less simple, especially when you have a midweek European game followed by a derby against the league champions on Saturday.

It is harder still for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coming off a respectable away win but having club legends implying that Manchester United just had to turn up to beat Tottenham at the weekend.