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Lookman scores nine minutes after coming on to sink Manchester United

The Nigerian forward sealed a 2-0 Champions League win for Atletico Madrid. Victor Osimhen's Galatasaray lost 4-1 to Barcelona.

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Ademola Lookman playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016.
Ademola Lookman playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016. File photo: Charltonkyle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ademola Lookman came off the bench and scored nine minutes later to seal a 2-0 win for Atletico Madrid over Manchester United in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Nigerian forward was sent on in the 70th minute and scored in the 79th, Premium Times reports. The win gave Atletico their first points of the league phase and stretched their unbeaten run against United to five matches.

The match

  • Atletico led after 53 seconds, when Pablo Barrios scored from a cutback by Alex Baena.
  • Bryan Mbeumo threatened for United, but the goalkeeper Jan Oblak made important saves.
  • Alejandro Grimaldo struck the frame of the goal with a free kick.
  • A second Atletico goal, by Johnny Cardoso, was ruled out after the video referee found a handball in the build-up.
  • Lookman then settled it.

Osimhen's night

Victor Osimhen played the full 90 minutes for Galatasaray at home, but his side lost 4-1 to Barcelona.

Galatasaray went ahead in the 28th minute through a deflected shot from Aleksey Batrakov. Barcelona equalised shortly before half-time and then took control, with Lamine Yamal setting up two goals in four minutes. Barcelona have now won ten matches in a row in all competitions.

Other results

  • Arsenal 3-0 Lille, with Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze among the scorers
  • Club Brugge 4-3 Inter
  • Villarreal 3-1 Napoli
  • Sporting 2-0 Lens
  • RB Leipzig 1-0 PSV
  • Sabah Baku 2-0 Slavia Prague
  • Viking 3-3 Bayern Munich

Source: Premium Times, reporting by Tunde Eludini, 13 October 2026.

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