Ademola Lookman is brutally slammed by his OWN supervisor as ‘one of many worst penalty takers I’ve seen’ – after lacking from the spot in Atalanta’s Champions League catastrophe

Ademola Lookman was brutally censured by his personal supervisor after lacking a penalty for Atalanta on Tuesday night time as they crashed out of the Champions League. 

The striker scored inside 42 seconds of being launched on his return from damage within the second half however was unable to reverse the slide.

After dropping 2-1 in Belgium, Atalanta misplaced 3-1 to Membership Bruges on the night time to cap off a damning night for Italian soccer, with AC Milan additionally exiting to Feyenoord. 

Within the 61st minute, Lookman had the chance to attract one other objective again from the penalty spot.

Nevertheless, former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet saved his effort, which was struck effectively however fairly centrally. At full time, Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini issued a startlingly harsh put-down. 

‘Ademola Lookman is likely one of the worst penalty takers I’ve ever seen,’ mentioned the veteran supervisor. 

‘He needed to take the penalty after scoring a objective, he took the ball regardless of (Mateo) Retegui and (Charles) De Keteleare accessible to take it… I didn’t like what Lookman did.

‘Lookman wasn’t presupposed to take the penalty. Even in coaching he doesn’t have a superb charge of scoring from the spot.’ 

Fulham followers with an honest reminiscence could be inclined to agree with Gasperini. In November 2020, the ahead had an opportunity to stage within the 98th minute in opposition to West Ham, however dinked a limp panenka into the fingers of Lukasz Fabianski, later admitting his devastation.  

Retegui is Atalanta’s common penalty taker, having transformed two of his three spot-kicks in Serie A this marketing campaign, however Lookman has additionally taken and scored one.

He scored a hat-trick in final season’s Europa League closing triumph in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen and is extensively acknowledged as one of many brightest sparks within the workforce.

The Nigerian had missed their final 4 video games resulting from a knee damage however was introduced on at half-time and scored inside 42 seconds to offer the Italians a glimmer of hope. 

He’s having one other excellent season for La Dea, having scored 15 targets and made seven assists. 

Regardless of one other Champions League disappointment, they’re in with a shout for the Serie A title, sitting third and 5 factors behind Napoli. 

Their defeat by Bruges was marred by one other weird second when captain Rafael Toloi was despatched off after making an attempt to throw the ball at his opponent, solely to slide over. 

Within the closing second of his facet’s Champions League conflict with Membership Brugge – which the Belgian facet received 5-2 on mixture – the defender clashed with Maxim De Cuyper.

In a heated second, Toloi tried to throw the ball on the Brugge defender, who had his again turned, however as an alternative fell over because the ball slipped out of his grasp.

He shortly acquired again to his toes and charged at De Cuyper, barging him from behind earlier than bundling each himself and the Brugge participant onto the ground.

Referee Felix Zwayer shortly brandished a crimson card for the Atalanta skipper, who needed to be held again by teammates as he remonstrated with the official.

The incident occurred within the closing moments of the match, with the rating already settled, that means his dismissal had little impact on the end result of the match.