After a goalless draw against Arsenal in their first game and with only one UCL victory since September 2021, Atalanta looked assertive on the neutral ground of Gelsenkirchen in search of the game’s opening goal.
That determination was rewarded in the 21st minute as Lookman’s delicious delivery into the danger zone was expertly converted from close range by the marauding Berat Djimsiti.
The Nigeria forward came close to doubling the advantage with a volley some moments later, but he was denied by the crossbar.
However, there was nothing to stop last season’s Europa League final hat-trick hero from finding the back of the net in the 44th minute, as Sead Kolašinac put it on a plate for the Atalanta attacker to sublimely side-foot the ball past Shakhtar goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk.
Atalanta wrapped up another victory of that nature after only three minutes of the second half.
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