Ademola Lookman and Charles De Ketelaere calm Scudetto discuss, however confess Atalanta might be ‘proud’ of dominating
Each coaches have been desperate to underplay this as a possible Scudetto showdown, but it surely was definitely an announcement from La Dea, who additionally gained 3-0 on this area final season.
Lookman bagged an early brace earlier than Mateo Retegui got here off the bench to attain his eleventh Serie A aim of the marketing campaign on the volley.
“It was a giant efficiency from the crew, we’re completely satisfied and three factors away to the leaders is rarely simple, so we’re happy with that,”
The Nigeria worldwide was in Paris earlier this week for the Ballon d’Or ceremony, the place he secured 14th place thanks largely to his hat-trick within the Europa League Remaining in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen. Is he aiming for prime 10 subsequent 12 months?
“Particular person achievements are a part of soccer, however it is a crew recreation, my squad helps me loads. I proceed working and attempt to assist the crew after I can.”
De Ketelaere assisted each Lookman targets
This was the fifth consecutive Serie A victory for Atalanta, and ended a run of three consecutive Napoli clear sheets.
They’ve scored 18 targets in that spell and conceded solely two.
De Ketelaere was requested if Atalanta must be at this level and tried to calm that method.
“No, I don’t say this stuff, however we did nicely to win in opposition to the leaders in Naples,” mentioned the Belgian.
“It was an excellent first half, we additionally had extra probabilities to attain and it’s an excellent sensation.”