Both knocked out of the Coppa Italia in midweek, Italian heavyweights AC Milan and Roma seek an immediate response when they meet at San Siro on Sunday evening.
Halfway through the league season, Milan lead their capital-city counterparts by 10 points in the Serie A standings, with either side targeting a top-four finish.
The Rossoneri had cruised to a 3-0 Serie A success at Stadio Carlo Castellani, with rookie forward Chaka Traore finishing off the scoring after earlier strikes from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and evergreen Olivier Giroud, which set them up perfectly to host Atalanta BC in the Coppa quarter-finals.
Although Rafael Leao put Milan in front just before half time, their Lombardy rivals responded almost immediately through Teun Koopmeiners, who then converted a second-half penalty to put La Dea into the last eight.
A two-decade drought in Italy's knockout competition therefore goes on, but Stefano Pioli's men have no time to linger on another disappointing defeat, as they sit 12 points adrift of league leaders Inter Milan with one game in hand.
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