Dele Bashiru, Lookman shine in Lazio vs Atalanta stalemate

Atalanta stored maintain of high spot in Serie A on Saturday after escaping Lazio with a 1-1 draw which stored Inter Milan at bay however ended their club-record league profitable streak at 11 matches.

Marco Brescianini tapped dwelling into an open objective with two minutes remaining to grab a degree from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the place a passionate crowd thought a giant win was coming their manner.

Instead Atalanta are a degree forward of Inter, who’ve a recreation in hand, after the champions briefly drew degree on factors with a 3-0 win at Cagliari.

Atalanta will lead the league even when Napoli beat Venezia on Sunday and draw degree on 41 factors with Gian Piero Gasperini’s aspect as a result of their considerably higher objective distinction.

Should two groups end degree on the high of Serie A come the top of the season they are going to face off in a single match to resolve the vacation spot of the Scudetto.

Atalanta confirmed nice character to battle again from Fisayo Dele-Bashiru’s Twenty seventh-minute opener which got here in an intense opening interval from Lazio.

The away aspect have been initially blitzed by Lazio, with Marco Carnesecchi making two sensational stops earlier than Matteo Guendouzi curled a fantastic strike off the put up within the eleventh minute.

But because the match wore on Atalanta, who have been with out injured star striker Mateo Retegui, grew into the sport and deservedly drew degree in entrance of a boisterous and hostile crowd within the Italian capital.

Brescianini netted his third objective of the season thanks largely to Ademola Lookman, who beat Lazio’s offside lure to fulfill Nicolo Zaniolo’s hooked go and rolled throughout to his teammate to salvage a valuable level.

BBC