ADEMOLA LOOKMAN has called disapproval of him “deeply disrespectful” aft his manager slammed his missed penalty.
The erstwhile Fulham and Everton prima was successful enactment for Atalanta past nighttime arsenic they were dumped retired of the Champions League by Club Brugge.
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RexThe Serie A broadside trailed 3-0 connected the nighttime and 4-1 connected aggregate astatine fractional clip successful Bergamo.
Lookman, 27, pulled a extremity backmost successful the archetypal infinitesimal of the 2nd period, earlier being handed a aureate accidental to further trim his side’s shortage from the punishment spot.
The Nigeria international’s spot footwear was saved by Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, however, with Atalanta going connected to suffer 3-1 connected the night.
After the game, Atalanta brag Gian Piero Gasperini said: “Lookman was not expected to instrumentality that penalty, helium is 1 of the worst punishment takers I’ve ever seen.
“He has a frankly unspeakable grounds adjacent successful training, helium converts precise fewer of them. (Mateo) Retegui and (Charles) De Ketelaere were there, but Lookman successful a infinitesimal of enthusiasm aft scoring decided to instrumentality the shot and that was a motion I did not admit astatine all.”
Lookman has since deed backmost astatine disapproval directed his way.
In a connection posted to his societal media accounts, helium wrote: “It saddens maine connected a time similar this to person to constitute this connection – astir of each due to the fact that of what we person achieved unneurotic arsenic a squad and arsenic a city.
“Being singled retired successful the mode I person been not lone hurts but feels profoundly disrespectful, not slightest due to the fact that of the immense hard enactment and committedness I person ever enactment successful each and each time to assistance bring occurrence to this nine and to the unthinkable fans of Bergamo.
“In truth, I person dealt with galore hard moments during my clip present – the bulk of which I person ne'er spoken astir due to the fact that successful my sentiment the squad indispensable ever beryllium protected and indispensable travel first. This makes what happened past nighttime adjacent much hurtful.
“Along with our unthinkable fans, we arsenic a squad are hurting excessively with past night’s result.
“During the lucifer the designated punishment taker instructed maine to instrumentality the penalty; and to enactment the squad I took work successful the infinitesimal to bash so.
“Life’s astir challenges and turning symptom into powerfulness which l’ll proceed to do.”
Lookman’s botched spot footwear past nighttime was not his archetypal underwhelming penalty.
With Fulham trailing West Ham 1-0 successful November 2020, the winger stepped up from 12 yards successful the 98th minute.
He infamously attempted a Panenka penalty, which was easy saved by the goalkeeper.
Prior to past night, however, helium had scored each 4 spot kicks taken for Atalanta
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In the closing stages of past night’s match, Atalanta skipper Rafael Toloi “lost his head”.
As the 34-year-old went to instrumentality a propulsion in, helium was needlessly bumped by Maxim De Cuyper.
The reddish mist past descended upon Toloi, who tried to propulsion the shot astatine his opponent.
It slipped retired of his hand, however, and helium fell over.
Feeling embarrassed, Toloi got up and begun to complaint astatine De Cuyper, who had turned and was walking away.
The referee attempted to get successful the Brazilian’s distant but his efforts were futile, Toloi bundling implicit his opponent.
He went connected to beryllium sent disconnected for his caput loss, portion De Cuyper was yellowish carded.
Gasperini, 67, added of the incident: “That was an disfigured incidental and we indispensable ne'er suffer our heads.
“Atalanta indispensable permission the Champions League with dignity, having played large games against the likes of Real Madrid, Arsenal and Barcelona.”
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