Since joining Atalanta from RB Leipzig last summer, the Nigerian forward has quickly established his place in Atalanta’s attack. This is demonstrated through specific statistics. In fact, the striker has a physical and aggressive play style that has scored 12 goals in the top league in Italy this season in Atalanta shirt. Through this, Lookman is currently third in the Serie A 2022/23 top scorer race, behind Victor Osimhen of Napoli (19 goals) and Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan, (14 goals).
Along with that, Lookman also contributed significantly to helping Atalanta take 6th place in the table in Serie A 2022/23 with 42 points obtained after 26 rounds.
However, Atalanta is now having problems when Ademola Lookman “did not” in the sprint phase of this season. Statistics show that the 25-year-old striker has been silent in Atalanta’s last 7 appearances. Worth mentioning, Lookman only had one assist in this series of 7 matches and coincidentally, that was the only time Atalanta had won (Atalanta beat Lazio with a score of 2-0 away). In the remaining 6 matches in the last 7 matches with the presence of Lookman, Atalanta could not win when losing 5 and drawing 1.
It is even more worth mentioning when Lookman receives expectations in the context of the two former main strikers Zapata and Muriel declining in form or due to injuries. Besides, compared to the remaining young faces on Atalanta’s attack like Jeremie Boga or Rasmus Hojlund, Lookman is clearly the biggest difference after what has been shown. Therefore, the majority of Atalanta fans are expecting teacher Gian Piero Gasperini to make reasonable adjustments to help Lookman soon be able to clear the current stalemate.
Only then can Atalanta get a good result in the race to win tickets to the European Cup for the new season. As for Lookman, it’s time for this striker to quench his thirst for goals.
Waiting for Lookman’s grace to score against Empoli
It was none other than Lookman who scored the 2-0 win for Atalanta in the first leg against Empoli in Serie A 2022/23 last October. Therefore, the majority of Atalanta fans are expecting Lookman to tear the Empoli net again.
