After Atalanta had been dumped out of the Champions League on Tuesday night time, it didn’t take lengthy for Gian Piero Gasperini to savage Ademola Lookman.
La Dea have been enjoying properly in Serie A, and after an outstanding efficiency towards Barcelona earlier within the Champions League, they had been fancied to make it to at the very least the Spherical of 16.
Ademola Lookman savaged by his coach
and his team-mates might solely watch on in shock as Membership Brugge tore the hosts aside in a one-sided first-half.
By the break Atalanta had been 3-0 down on the night time and 5-1 down on mixture.
Step ahead , to cut back the deficit within the second half.
Atalanta’s hero in final season’s Europa League ultimate then grew to become their villain after a woeful penalty kick which, if he’d scored, would certainly have given the house aspect the impetus with half an hour nonetheless to play.
In his post-match press convention, attended by representatives of CaughtOffside, Gasperini didn’t maintain again in his condemnation of the striker.
Gasperini throws Ademola Lookman underneath the bus
“Ademola Lookman is among the worst penalty takers I’ve ever seen,” he mentioned.
“He wished to take the penalty after scoring a objective, he took the ball regardless of Retegui and De Keteleare out there to take it.
“I didn’t like what Lookman did.”
If ever there was an instance of throwing a participant underneath the bus, this was it.
There’s no escaping the truth that it was certainly a really poor penalty, nevertheless, for Gasperini to primarily blame Atalanta’s Champions League exit on the striker’s failure from 12 yards may be very poor type certainly.
On the night time the hosts had been out thought and out-fought, and Gasperini wants to have a look at the collective for the more true reflection as to why it was Membership Brugge who progressed.
