Ademola Lookman bagged an early brace to stun leaders Napoli to solely their second defeat of the season, as Atalanta’s tactical surprises proved to be a masterclass.
The leaders had been nonetheless lacking Stanislav Lobotka, so Billy Gilmour once more stepped into the midfield after the midweek 2-0 victory away to Milan, utilizing the . La Dea had been additionally on incredible Serie A kind with 4 straight victories, however by leaving Capocannoniere Mateo Retegui on the bench to shock Antonio Conte’s defence. Gianluca Scamacca and Giorgio Scalvini had been out injured.
Atalanta broke the impasse after a interval of strain, as Matias Olivera’s clearance didn’t go far, permitting Charles De Ketelaere to flick it on to the again submit for the Lookman volley from the tightest of angles. It ended a run of three consecutive clear sheets for Antonio Conte’s aspect.
Scott McTominay virtually equalised inside 100 seconds, his scorcher from the sting of the world thumping the upright.
Nonetheless, the guests doubled their lead when De Ketelaere’s counter-attack and cross-field move discovered Lookman to chop inside Giovanni Di Lorenzo and bend again Alex Meret’s glove with a right-foot scorcher from exterior the field.
Isak Hien battled with Romelu Lukaku and charged down the end after a fortunate ricochet, whereas Berat Djimsiti stopped Matteo Politano tapping within the Di Lorenzo roll throughout and Olivera didn’t profit from a Khvicha Kvaratskhelia lay-off.
Mario Pasalic had the possibility to make it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time, however his free header was huge from a De Ketelaere dinked move to the again submit.
Kvaratskhelia examined Marco Carnesecchi straight after the restart, whereas Lookman was offside when his lob was cleared off the road. Sead Kolasinac had the ball within the web on 57 minutes, however was each offside on the flicked-on nook and fouling Olivera on the time.
Amir Rrahmani nodded huge and Ederson scuffed astray following a mazy solo run, however Carnesecchi made an ideal response save preserve out Alessandro Buongiorno’s header from a free kick, deflected from point-blank vary off Matteo Ruggeri.
Napoli poured ahead, however had been virtually caught out on the Kossounou counter-attack, completed by Lookman onto the side-netting.
Giovanni Simeone and Cyril Ngonge had efforts charged down, whereas the ex-Bologna winger additionally examined Carnesecchi on the close to submit.
Retegui did come off the bench and nonetheless made an influence, his splendid low volley on the within of the correct boot from a Ruggeri cross into the far backside nook. His over-celebration, whipping off his shirt, sparked an offended response from Pasquale Mazzocchi on the bench and Berat Djimsiti in response.
There was just one draw within the final 19 Serie A conferences between these golf equipment, 2-2 in October 2019, interrupting 10 Napoli victories and eight for Atalanta, who additionally gained right here 3-0 final season.
Napoli 0-3 Atalanta
Lookman 10, 31 (A), Retegui 92 (A)
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