Mateo Retegui had a penalty saved as Atalanta were held to a 1-1 draw by Torino at Gewiss Stadium.

The forward was unsuccessful from 12 yards for Gian Piero Gasperini's side, who missed the chance to close the gap on Serie A leaders Napoli to four points.

Atalanta saw a Raoul Bellanova disallowed for handball, while Sead Kolasinac was forced off injured inside the opening half an hour.

Nevertheless, they took the lead five minutes later as Berat Djimsiti headed home from Bellanova's corner, though the visitors were level before half-time when Guillermo Maripan nodded in a Valentino Lazaro free-kick.

The hosts were presented with an ideal opportunity to restore their advantage when Retegui was felled by Adrien Tameze in the box. However, the striker's tame penalty was easily gathered by Torino goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

Gasperini's side remain third in the table, but could trail Napoli by nine points if the Partenopei beat Roma on Sunday. Meanwhile, despite a hard-earned point, Torino drop a place to 11th.

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Djimsiti broke the deadlock for Atalanta, exactly 1,000 days after his last Serie A goal against Spezia in May 2022.

His header was the 11th scored by La Dea in Serie A this season, the most by any side in the big five European leagues.

Bellanova's corner provided his 13th assist in Serie A since the start of 2023-24, with no player registering more during that span.

Later, Retegui was denied a potential winner, as Milinkovic-Savic saved his fourth penalty in the Italian top flight since the start of the 2021-22 season, with only Lukasz Skorupski (five) keeping out more during that time.

Torino held out for a point, and have now drawn three straight Serie A away games for the first time since a run of four in 2018

have drawn three away matches in a row in Serie A (vs Udinese, Fiorentina and Atalanta) for the first time since November-December 2018 (four ones with Walter Mazzarri as manager).