Sensational Lookman hat-trick seals Europa League glory for Atalanta as Leverkusen beaten

26’ – WHAT A GOAL! ATALANTA 2-0 LEVERKUSEN (Lookman) WANDSWORTH IN THE HOUSE! Spooked by the press, Kovar kicks long but doesn’t get hold of it, one pass from Koopmeiners finding Lookman in space, left of centre, 25 yards from goal. So he megs Xhaka with a feather-touch – that’s gorgeous – then opens body again, this time to pass a delicious finish that curls low into the far corner! What a moment for the boy who everyone missed! That is one of the great goals!

35’ – THISIS LEVERKUSEN! Grimaldo and Wirtz exchange passes, the former into the latter, who wedges a delectable return over the top and Grimaldo’s in! And for reasons known best to himself, Musso hares all the way out; a simple chip and Leverkusen are back in the game! But perhaps distracted by the keeper’s behaviour, all Grimaldo can do is plop a poor effort straight at him; that should’ve been 2-1.

64’ – BETTER FROM LEVERKUSEN: Xhaka finds Wirtz down the right and he throws a pair of lollipops to take him away from two men so he can curve a tempter to the far post, where Grimaldo escapes his marker … only to feel the full force of Musso, who collects the ball and hurts both of them.

75’ – OH MY COMPLETE AND UTTER ABSOLUTE DAYS! WHAT A GOAL! ATLANTA 3-0 BAYER LEVERKUSEN (LOOKMAN) This starts in the Atlanata half, Pasalic winning a challenge and finding Scamacca, who surges through centrefield and has Lookman outside! Send him! Send him! SEND HIM! But Scamacca hangs on, then eventually passes a ball that’s behind; no matter. Lookman collects, steps over, and sends Tapsoba off to Selhurst, dips outside, and hurls the entire force of the cosmos into the a ludicrous hat-trick finish that screeches and shrieks into the far top-corner. Ademola Lookman has scored a hat-trick in the Europa League final!