Atalanta coach Gasperini: Extraordinary performance for Europa League final victory

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini insists they deserved their Europa League final victory against Bayer Leverkusen.

La Dea hammered Bayer 3-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Ademola Lookman.

I think we are in history, but the way we won was extraordinary. We repeated the performances of Liverpool and Lisbon, Sporting won their league, Liverpool were top of the Premier League when we went there, Bayer Leverkusen absolutely dominated the Bundesliga," Gasperini told Sky Italia.

I have to thank the lads, their performance was just incredible."

He also said: We often play with the trident, there were all the conditions to do it, we had to play for the win in a Final. We needed to be attacking, it was not enough just to defend. We know these teams are great at attacking, not so much when you force them to defend. Everyone was extraordinary.

The way we did it was the most important thing, we deserved it without a shadow of a doubt against such a strong team. Winning the Europa League is an extraordinary achievement."