Atlético Madrid assistant coach Luis Tevenet has described Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Ademola Lookman, as the club’s best signing in the past seven years.
The 28-year-old joined the Red and Whites from Serie A side Atalanta during the winter transfer window and has made an immediate impact.
The Nigeria international has recorded seven goals and four assists in 18 appearances across all competitions for Diego Simeone’s side.
Tevenet also praised the winger for bringing added creativity to Atlético’s attack.
“With the arrival of Lookman, he has the speed that the team demanded,” Tevenet told AS.
“For me he (Lookman) has been one of the club’s most important signings in the last six, seven years; now Atletico is much more ambiguous on both sides.”
Meanwhile, UEFA has released a statement to explain why Arsenal had a late penalty overturned in their Champions League semifinal first leg at Atletico Madrid.
Substitute Eberechi Eze initially earned a spot-kick after going down under a challenge from Atletico defender David Hancko after 78 minutes.
Despite Eze’s foot making contact, the VAR intervened to recommend that referee Danny Makkelie review the incident at his on-screen monitor.
After watching multiple replays, Makkelie decided to rule out the penalty kick, a decision Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta slammed as “completely unacceptable,” and the game finished 1-1 ahead of the second leg next Tuesday.
In a brief statement, UEFA explained the decision: “Atleti player No. 17 did not commit a foul on the opponent.”
European football’s governing body declined to provide any further clarification about the decision-making process for the penalty overturn when approached by Sky Sports News.
UEFA said upon introduction of the technology that “the VAR team will check all match-changing situations but only intervene for clear and obvious mistakes.
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