Gasperini: “Ademola Lookman is one of the worst penalty takers I’ve ever seen”. “He wanted to take the penalty after scoring a goal, he took the ball despite Retegui and De Keteleare available to take it… I didn’t like what Lookman did”.

Atalanta are OUT of the Champions League! Ex-Liverpool star Simon Mignolet saves Ademola Lookman penalty as Club Brugge secure shock aggregate win

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Chemsdine Talbi’s first-half brace and Simon Mignolet’s heroics in goal helped Club Brugge knock Atalanta out of the Champions League.

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Talbi scored a brace within half an hour

Mignolet saved Lookman’s penalty

Club Brugge progressed to round of 16

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The Belgian side won 3-2 on the night having come to the Gewiss Stadium with a 2-1 lead from the first leg, and it took them just three minutes to extend their lead. Ferran Jutgla was fed with a perfect pass behind the Atalanta backline and the Spanish attacker quickly squared the ball towards Chemsdine Talbi. The 19-year-old forward took one touch and fired the ball into the net.

In the 17th minute, Atalanta did manage to put the ball into the net when Mateo Retegui got to the end of Juan Cuadrado’s low cross and slotted the ball home with a first-time attempt, however, the linesman had already signalled offside.

Three minutes before the half-hour mark, the visitors further increased their tally as Ardon Jashari made a brilliant solo run from a counter-attack and entered the box before feeding Christos Tzolis with a square pass. The Greek attacker’s first-time attempt was blocked by Marco Carnesecchi but Talbi pushed the ball home from the rebound. At the stroke of half-time, the Belgian Pro League side sealed the fate of the tie with a third goal as Jutgla got his name on the scoresheet from Tzolis’s assist.

After missing the last six matches across all competitions due to a knee problem, Atalanta star Ademola Lookman finally returned to action in the second half. The Nigerian’s addition proved to be an instant impact as he pulled one back for his team within a minute from the break. Lookman, however, turned villain soon as Mignolet saved his spot-kick at the hour mark after Cuadrado was brought down inside the box.

Towards the end of regulation time, the hosts were reduced to 10 men as captain Rafael Toloi got into an unnecessary physical confrontation with Maxim De Cuyper and picked up a red card, compounding Atalanta’s woes as they crashed out.