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Lookman gets a 10/10 from L’Equipe- Newspaper player ratings Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 UEL Final 2024

Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman joined the rare group of players to get a 10/10 rating from L’Equipe as his hat trick helped the Italian side beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final in Dublin.

L’Equipe player ratings Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen UEL final

Lookman got a 10/10- the best on either side, while Granit Xhaka got a 2/10 player rating from the French paper.

A 9/10 manager rating for Gasperini while his opposite number Xabi Alonso got a 4/10. This was the first time Leverkusen had been beaten in any competition in the 23/24 season.

Atalanta vs Leverkusen 2024 L'Equipe player ratings

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xG Atalanta Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Europa League Final 2024 Dublin Aviva Attendance 47,135 | Expected Goals Stats

Lookman UEL Final

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen (Crowd attendance of 47,135 on May 22, 2024). A stunning 3-0 win for Atalanta- Leverkusen suffered their first defeat of 23/24 in the process.

Atalanta completely shut Leverkusen out, and that’s reflected in the xG. Ademola Lookman also got a perfect 10 rating from L’Equipe for his UEL final performance.

xG Atalanta 0.82-0.43 Leverkusen shots map

1-0 Lookman first goal vs Bayer Leverkusen xG 0.33
2-0 Lookman second goal vs Leverkusen xG 0.05
3-0 Lookman third goal vs Leverkusen xG 0.08

xG Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 2024

Time of shots for both teams (ten shots each)

Atalanta: 8′, 12′ (goal), 19′, 26′ (goal), 32′, 43′, 75′ (goal), 79′, 81′, 85′

Bayer Leverkusen: 19′, 29′, 35′, 45+1′, 59′, 80′, 82′, 83′, 90+2′, 90+4′

Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Match Stats for comparison

7 of Atalanta’s 10 shots were on target, but only 3 of Leverkusen’s 10 were.

(ATA match stats on left; BAY 04 match stats on right)

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Lacklustre second half, Salah miss, Klopp’s last European game as LFC manager- Talking points from Atalanta-Liverpool 0-1 UEL 2024

Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League despite winning 1-0 in Bergamo on Thursday night, with Atalanta’s 3-0 victory last week in the first leg helping the Italian side progress 3-1 on aggregate. It was a disappointing round for English sides in Europe, with Arsenal, Man City and West Ham also knocked out of continental competition.

Here are our talking points from this Atalanta v Liverpool clash.

Six changes to starting XI

Jurgen Klopp made as many as six changes for this must-win clash, with the likes of Alisson, Mo Salah, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold all restored to the starting XI. This was more like the lineup that Reds fans thought he should’ve fielded in the first leg at Anfield.

First leg starting XI: Kelleher, Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Jones, Endo, MacAllister, Gakpo, Nunez, Elliott

Second leg starting XI: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, TAA, Jones, Szoboszlai, MacAllister, Gakpo, Diaz, Salah

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