Ademola Lookman continues hot streak in Atalanta, Udinese 4-goal thriller

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has sustained his new-found momentum for Atalanta in the Italian Serie A with another goal.

The Nigeria international was on the scoresheet for the second game in a row as Atalanta and Udinese clashed in a battle of the Top 4 on Sunday afternoon at the Dacia Arena.

Lookman scored the second goal of the match as Udinese came back from two goals down to grab a 2-2 draw as both sides shared the points on Matchday 9 of the Serie A.

Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini partnered Colombian striker Luis Muriel with Lookman as a striking pair in a 3-5-2 formation while Udinese chose to start Nigerian pair Kingsley Ehizibue and Isaac Success on the bench. 

Unbeaten so far this season, Atalanta took the lead as Lookman finished off a Muriel assist in the 36th minute to momentarily take Atalanta top of the table.

Muriel doubled Atalanta's lead from the penalty spot in the 56th minute as the pair of Muriel and Lookman continued to show good chemistry leading the line for Gasperini's side. 

The pair of Lookman and Muriel were taken off in the 65th minute, replaced by Ruslan Malinovskyi and Rasmus Hojlund respectively. 

Udinese built on the departure of both strikers to launch an offensive against Atalanta as Gerard Deulofeu immediately halved the deficit for the home side in the 67th minute before Neheun Perez grabbed the equaliser 11 minutes later.

Lookman scored his goal with his only shot on target against Udinese, while also playing two (2) key passes, one (1) successful cross and one (1) successful dribble.

The former Leicester City attacker was also strong on the ball, winning five (5) of the eight (8) duels he contested while drawing three (3) fouls from the Udinese defence.

Lookman has scored in consecutive matches for the first time since December 2021, when he scored against both Manchester City and Liverpool while on the books of Leicester City in the Premier League.

Atalanta will be back in action on Saturday, October 15 when they welcome Sassuolo to the Gewiss Stadium.