Lazio’s Fisayo Dele-Bashiru won the clash between two Super Eagles players in Italy on Sunday when he helped his side to a 1-0 win over Atalanta.
Ademola Lookman’s Atalanta suffered a major blow to their title aspirations with the defeat, and his international teammate contributed largely to it.
Dele-Bashiru assisted Gustav Isaksen for the winning goal in the 54th minute.
He played the whole duration of the encounter to help Lazio to a vital win to boost their Champions League qualification hopes.
Ademola Lookman endured a frustrating outing with a subdued performance, failing to add to his goal tally this season.
He was replaced by Lazar Samardzic in the 74th minute.
Atalanta failed to take advantage of Inter Milan’s 2-2 draw against Parma on Saturday.
Gian Gasperini’s men are four points behind table-toppers Inter Milan with seven matches to go.
The win propelled Lazio to the sixth position on the log.
Lookman has scored 13 goals in 25 appearances in the Serie A for Atalanta.
While, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru has scored three goals in 18 appearances for Lazio this season.
Up next for Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and his Lazio teammates is a clash against Roma next Sunday.
Atalanta will battle it out with Bologna on the same day.
