Atalanta, reengagement with Napoli succeeds: Lookman knocks out Fiorentina

Atalanta-Fiorentina 1-0

Atalanta beats Fiorentina 1-0 in the 6 p.m. match on Sunday, Oct. 2, and rejoins Napoli at the top of the Serie A standings after eight games played.

At the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Gian Piero Gasperini’s lineup confirms what it showed against Roma before the break: less shiny from the point of view of ball possession (just 38 percent at the final whistle), more concrete in exploiting individual episodes. This is how the second consecutive 1-0 win came, this time signed by Ademola Lookman, who in minute 59 exploited in the best way a great individual play by Muriel to deposit the ball into the net from a few steps.

Fiorentina pressed until the end in search of an equalizer but Sportiello remained unbeaten: the Viola thus failed to give continuity to their pre-match success against Verona, remaining in the right column of the standings with just nine points collected in eight games. Atalanta, on the other hand, climbs to 20 and continues to dream.