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Bayer Leverkusen’s stunning unbeaten season run ended in the 52nd and penultimate match of the campaign, and they readily admitted they were only second best in the Europa League final against Atalanta. Xabi Alonso’s men were surprisingly toothless as they found no answer to Gian Luigi Gasperini’s high pressing side who triumphed 3-0 from Ademola Lookman’s hat-trick in Dublin on Wednesday. Leverkusen were a far cry from the form that had made them the first Bundesliga champions without defeat last weekend, and were well aware what had been missing. “We have to congratulate Atalanta, they deser…

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