Series A
Serie A | Atalanta 2-0 Genoa: Lookman decisive
Atalanta had a number of large possibilities earlier than Ademola Lookman bundled over the road with the help of VAR and Ederson late on gave them victory over Genoa.
Alberto Gilardino reunited along with his former coach and Ruslan Malinovskyi returned to Bergamo too, however Mateo Retegui, Junior Messias, Kevin Strootman, Filip Jagiello and suspended goalkeeper Josep Martinez missed out. La Dea misplaced Teun Koopmeiners to damage with El Bilal Toure, whereas Sead Kolasinac was not at 100 per cent both.
Scamacca examined goalkeeper Nicola Leali within the opening 90 seconds, whereas Malinovskyi’s free kick pierced the wall and Caleb Ekuban fired over.
Marten de Roon’s snapshot was fingertipped over the bar by Leali, who additionally parried Lookman’s try on the close to put up.
Aleksei Miranchuk got here on for the second half and made an instantaneous affect, as his pull-back from the by-line discovered a Scamacca back-heel flick, denied by an much more extraordinary Leali save.
Moments later, Giorgio Scalvini’s header bounced off the within of the close to put up from eight yards.
Rade Dragusin needed to time the sliding deal with completely on Lookman, then virtually scored on the different finish along with his header on a nook on the again put up stored out by Marco Carnesecchi.
Atalanta had the ball within the internet when Scamacca pulled again from the by-line for Lookman, who got here sliding in with Stefano Sabelli and managed to scramble it in from six yards whereas on the bottom. The referee disallowed it for handball, however the VAR replays confirmed he managed to keep away from touchdown on it along with his arm, so the official modified his choice.
Chaos for Atalanta
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Genoa threatened an equaliser with an incredible Albert Gudmundsson roller from distance that clipped the surface of the far put up.
Carnesecchi made an enormous save in stoppages to cease George Puscas, who had been despatched clear by a disguised Gudmundsson move.
Moments later, Atalanta went on the counter and added a second with Mario Pasalic laying it off for Ederson to drill into the underside nook.
Atalanta 2-0 Genoa
Lookman 68 (A), Ederson 95 (A)
22-10-2023 17:00
Atalanta
Genoa
Participant statistic
| Ademola Lookman | 42′ |
| Rafael Tolói | 53′ | |||
| 56′ | Albert Gudmundsson | |||
| Ademola Lookman | 68′ | |||
| Davide Zappacosta | 90′ | |||
| Éderson (Help: Mario Pasalic) |  | 90+5′ | ||
| 90+7′ |  | Mattia Bani |
Match statistic
Atalanta
Genoa
Beginning lineups
90′Substitutes
90′
