Serie A: Atalanta Cruise Past Lazio In 4-1 Riot

Atalanta overpowered Lazio in Rome as Papu Gomez scored twice in a 4-1 riot as the La Dea continues its high scoring form in the Italian Serie A.

The 1.65 metres Argentine is enjoying another high scoring and assist providing season as he did last time out with a brace and an assist on matchday 2.

AllNews reports that Papu Gomez already has 3 goals and 2 assists on matchday 2 of the Italian Serie A fixture.

The two scheduled season-opening matches had been pushed back because of Atalanta and Inter's European campaigns in August.

And the two northern rivals gave a demonstration of their firepower which they hope will deny Juventus a 10th consecutive Serie A title, with the champions settling for a point at Roma on Sunday.

Atalanta and Inter are now both top of the Serie A table alongside Napoli, Hellas Verona, and AC Milan with a maximum of six points from two games.

Juve has four points before they host Napoli on Sunday.

Atalanta were three goals up at halftime with Robin Gosens, Hans Hateboer, and Gomez all scoring, and avoided last season's slip-up where Lazio came back from three goals down to draw 3-3.

"We all knew what had happened last time and we talked about it at halftime," said Netherlands defender Hateboer.

"We knew that when they score a goal they could score others, but when they scored we got the fourth and closed it."

Felipe Caicedo pulled a goal back for Lazio after 57 minutes but Gomez completed his brace just after the hour mark rifling in to deny any Roman comeback.

"The squad is the same (as last season) and this is a strength," added Hateboer of his side who finished fourth last campaign.

"But it's too early to talk about the Scudetto."

Simone Inzaghi's Lazio has another tough fixture on Sunday when they host Inter.

After their last-gasp 4-3 win over Fiorentina last weekend Antonio Conte's Inter achieved another big win over Benevento who had shocked Sampdoria 3-2 last time out.