Red-hot Ademola Lookman maintains fine form in Italy with brace against Spezia

Nigeria international Ademola Lookman picked up from where he left on Sunday after scoring another brace in Atalanta’s 5-2 win over Spezia in the Coppa Italia clash between the two sides at the Gewiss Stadium.

The Super Eagles forward was again the star as La Dea progressed to the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia.

Lookman had scored twice in Atalanta’s 8-2 demolition of Salernitana in their Italian Serie A fixture on Sunday as he continued in the same vein on Thursday afternoon.

Atalanta hosted Spezia in the round of 16 and defeated them 5-2, Gian Piero Gasperini did not have to wait too long before taking the lead as the home side went ahead as early as the tenth minute through their star man Lookman.

The former Leicester City man doubled Atalanta’s lead two minutes later with a neat finish past Spezia’s goalkeeper Petar Zovko.

Ekdal reduced the tally in the 14th but Hateboer restored the two-goal lead for Atalanta with a third goal in the 26th minute.

But just as it looked like Atalanta would take a two-goal lead into the break, Spezia pulled another back through Daniele Verde’s strike following a ball from Viktor Kovalenko.

However, the host proved too much in the second half as Hojlund made it 4-2 before an own goal from Spezia defender Ethan Ampadu sealed the game for Atalanta.

Lookman took home the headlines as he continued his impressive debut season in Italy. The 25-year-old is already proving to be a bargain after he joined Atalanta for €9.00m from RB Leipzig last summer