Lookman Fires Brace as Atalanta Humble AC Milan
ITALIAN SERIE A
AC Milan came back twice from Ademola Lookman’s goals with Oliver Giroud and Luka Jovic , but could do nothing against the sublime Luis Muriel back-heel flick winner in stoppage time that gave Atalanta a precious 3-2 victory on Saturday evening.
The win lifts Atalanta to seventh on the Italian Serie A log on 23 points while Milan are distant third on 29 points, nine points adrift of leaders Inter Milan.
Charles De Ketelaere ought to have put Atalanta ahead against his parent club, but incredibly ballooned over from six yards when Ademola Lookman nodded down a cross.
Fikayo Tomori saw his volley on a corner redirected by Ederson straight into the arms of Juan Musso from point blank range.
Lookman however broke the deadlock when he controlled a Teun Koopmeiners ball over the Top, cut inside between defenders and saw the finish take a huge deflection off Tomori to loop up over a helpless Mike Maignan in goal for Milan.
Milan however equalized deep into first half stoppage time. There was however controversy as Yunus Musah appeared to barge Lookman over and Play continued earning a Rossoneri corner, which Florenzi then deposited on the head of Giroud to steer it under the bar.
Atalanta however shook things up and restored their advantage when Lookman sent De Ketelaere down the left, then rolled across the face of goal for the Nigerian to fire into the roof of the net from six yards with the inside of his right boot.
It really should have been 3-1 for Atalanta on 77th minutes when Scalvini managed an extraordinary run with two consecutive sliding tackles won to sting Maignan’s gloves, then the goalkeeper scrambled back across to claw the Lookman follow-up off the line too.
That proved pivotal because Milan equalized moments later when Christian Pulisic got down the left and rolled across Giroud’s dummy let through only for substitute Luka Jovic to sweep in from seven yards.
Luis Muriel found a way to draw Maignan out of his goal line and then surprised him with a stunning back-heel flick at the near post five minutes into the added time for Atalanta to pick maximum points.
