Nigerian star-winger Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick in the Europa League final to end Bayern Leverkusen’s unbeaten run of 51 games.
Bayern Leverkusen’s aim for an unbeaten treble have come to an end after loosing to Atlanta in the final. Xabi Alonso’s league winning team were hoping to complete a historic treble win with the Europa League and German cup final against Kaiserslautern of the Second-tier.
The German side have enjoyed a historic 51 game unbeaten run which started late last season across this season winning the Bundesliga in Germany in that time
Lookman scored twice in the first half and capped it off with another sublim finish in the second half to put Atlanta 3-0 up. Lookman also became the first player in history to score a hat-trick in the Europa League final.
Fellow countrymen Victor Boniface who started from the bench and Nathan Tella would have wished the scoreline went the opposite way as they couldn’t get their hands on European silverware this season
Leverkusen who are known for late comebacks after 12 successive comebacks in different matches this season that kept their unbeaten record up till this match could not work their magic once more to give them any hope of returning in the match as Atlanta held on to a very important win which will see them crowned Europa League champions for the first time in the club’s history
