Soccer-Virtuoso Ilicic display fires Atalanta to big win at Benevento

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group D - Liverpool v Atalanta - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - November 25, 2020 Atalanta's Josip Ilicic celebrates scoring their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Peter Powell

(Reuters) - Atalanta's Josip Ilicic put on a masterclass to inspire his side to a 4-1 win at Benevento in Serie A and move them up to provisional fourth place in the standings on Saturday.

The Slovenian forward put the visitors ahead on the half-hour after skipping between two defenders in the box and firing through another’s legs to wrongfoot goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo.