Lookman nets double as Atalanta stuns Napoli
Ademola Lookman scored a first-half brace as Atalanta stunned Serie A leader Napoli with a 3-0 away win, moving it up to second in the table.
Lookman, who this week finished 14th in the voting for the Ballon d’Or, opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a volley from close range after being teed up by Charles De Ketelaere.
He then doubled La Dea’s lead after the half-hour mark with a long-range strike from another De Ketelaere pass, after Scott McTominay had rattled the post for Napoli.
Substitute Mateo Retegui added the third in stoppage-time, sweeping home from Raoul Bellanova’s cross as Gian Piero Gasperini’s men extended their winning run to five league games.
Atalanta, which was in second on 22 points before Inter Milan's win against Venezia pushed it back into third, has cut the gap to its opponent at the summit to three points.
Napoli entered the game with the only 100 per cent home record left in Serie A this season, having won five of five on its own turf under new boss Conte.
However, it was given a harsh reality check by a potential Scudetto rival as the former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur coach lost a home Serie A match by a three-goal margin for the first time since 2009, when he oversaw Atalanta’s 5-2 defeat to Juventus.
Lookman was the architect, and he has now been involved in more goals across all competitions in 2024 than any other Serie A player with 17 goals and 11 assists.
