A night dominated by transfer news surrounding their two main elite shooters, A hat -trick of someone else, Morgan Rogers, was to fire Aston Villa directly in the last 16 of the Champions League as UEFA marked another victory For their new brilliant format.
The ceiling on a first adventure in the Memorable League phase at the best table in Europe since 1982-1983, a night full of drama ended with the hero of the tripled Rogers, marking his first three goals in the Champions League, And his teammates huddled around a phone to see if the other results had gone to Villa.
Atalanta will be held in Barcelona sealed eighth place for Villa – another remarkable achievement for Unai Emery. But the action on the field told only half of the story of a night filled with drama as a Hollyoaks omnibus.
Upon his arrival in a icy villa park, a deaf interpretation somewhat toned of “Watkins on Fire” exploded from a fan zone in front of the Holt End, perfectly ignoring the internal chaos that their international killer of international England caused a few meters.
Not tonight, guys. As if there were not enough things in the middle Unprecedented chaotic night From the action of the New-Age Champions League, the news of a rejected offer from Ollie Watkins of Arsenal spread like forest fires less than an hour before kick-off. Speak that Watkins wants to move to the club, he supported his whole life was not an ideal preparation for an essential meeting.
Ollie who? The cry of Holt End came in two goals of Rogers, the effervescent midfielder becoming the first player in the history of the Champions League to mark twice in the first five minutes of a match, putting the hosts in position Quite strong, against a team with two gains 43 outside their home in competition.
Villa should have been more out of sight before half an hour, with the man of Watkins, seeing a clear effort of the line, before Jacob Ramsey hit the post. News of the Hosts’s the other striker, Jhon Duran, having a doctor booked in London before one Big-Money moves to Saudi Arabia I could not wait either after the publication match.
The action on the ground also made a decreased turn quickly. With a hand of the Talismanic of Villa, John McGinn, the former Norwich striker, Adam Idah, acrobatically recovered his 36 -minute side, before typing at close range two minutes later to finish a return from FC Celtic in one wink.
The frustrations have boiled in the stands, with many Celtic fans at the end of the house, enjoying their opportunity to finish English people. Supporters outside in their official seats danced a Celtic template for all interval, with stunned villans on how their team had left such a comfortable position to slip.
In a match which assured that there will be more sufficient faces around the headquarters of the UEFA after its change of brand of the Champions League has, somewhat surprising, borne fruit, the pendulum again swung favor of hosts, because Watkins was set up for a comfortable finish by Jacob Ramsey on time to set off Villa opposite.
What did the celebration in mute mean? Had he had to see again? Such questions have not been left for a long time to rise for a long time, because Watkins was the victim of a fault in the penalty area to win a kick to surely seal the fate of the villa, only for the attacker From England slips when it was 12 meters, the bullet in embarrassing loop.
With a place in the already secure play-offs, Celtic never really looked like another return, Rogers sealing its first continental treble in time.
Bayern Munich or Real Madrid are waiting for Scottish champions in the play-offs, while Villa gets a well-necessary break because their European adventure shows no signs of slowdown.
