Nigerian forward, Ademola Lookman, shrugged off his inflamed achilles tendon injury to score his 20th goal of the across all competitions this season for Atalanta who defeated AS Roma 2-1 at the Gewiss stadium on Monday, Lapalabras reports.
The win ended Roma’s 19-game unbeaten run and sealed La Dea’s third spot in Serie A’s as well as a place in next season’s UEFA Champion League competition.
The reigning African Player of the Year who has been linked with a move away from the club this summer recieved a defence splitting pass from Charles De Ketelaere with his back to goal, took a clever touch, turned defender Devyne Rensch inside out, before rifling a low finish into the far bottom corner from 13 yards out — a clinical strike to cap off a fluid move after nine minutes.
The goal was his 15th Serie A goal this season and his 87th career club goal (67 league goals, eight domestic cup goals and 12 goals in UEFA Competitions).
In the 30th minute, Bryan Cristante drew AS Roma level after he rose highest, twisting in the air to guide a backward header into the far top corner from eight yards out — a difficult finish made to look effortless.
Lookman also had a hand in Atalanta’s winner scored by with 14 minutes left to play as his cross into AS Roma’s box was half cleared, with the ball falling to substitute Ibrahim Sulemana who sent his powerful first-time effort flying into the bottom right-hand corner to spark scenes of jubilation inside the Gewiss Stadium.
