A stunning Ademola Lookman hat-trick handed Atalanta the Europa League title on Wednesday, just the second major trophy in their 117-year history after a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen that ended the German champions\u2019 remarkable unbeaten streak.
\nLookman, who struggled to establish himself in the English Premier League with Everton, Fulham and Leicester City before reviving his career in Italy under Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini, struck twice inside the first 26 minutes before sealing the win 15 minutes from fulltime.
\nThe victory ended Gasperini\u2019s own two-decade long pursuit of major silverware as his side totally outmatched Xabi Alonso\u2019s formidable Leverkusen side \u2013 or \u2018Neverlusen\u2019 as they had been dubbed after going an incredible 51 games unbeaten.
\nBut just as they did against Premier League heavyweights Liverpool and three-times finalists Olympique de Marseille in the previous two rounds, Atalanta didn\u2019t give their opponents a sniff to mark their first European final with a famous victory.
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Atalanta won the Europa League title with a 3-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen, thanks to a hat-trick from Ademola Lookman. Lookman had struggled in the English Premier League before finding success in Italy under coach Gian Piero Gasperini. The win ended Leverkusen’s 51-game unbeaten streak and marked Atalanta’s second major trophy in their 117-year history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10949,2056,9867,7813,1036,10950,753,336,752,6608,658,419,10948,1088,9283,348,421,114,9442,9868,4560,6305],"class_list":["post-12837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-ademola-lookman","tag-atalanta","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-coach","tag-europa-league","tag-europa-league-title","tag-everton","tag-football","tag-fulham","tag-hat-trick","tag-history","tag-italy","tag-leverkusen","tag-liverpool","tag-marseille","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-uefa","tag-unbeaten","tag-victory","tag-who"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n