Atalanta have earned first win since before Christmas, and, unsurprisingly, Charles De Ketelaere has been at the heart of it, with another Champions League goal and assist in the 5-0 hammering of Sturm Graz.
Charles De Ketelaere was pleased to see Atalanta get back to winning ways in ‘a beautiful match’ against Sturm Graz, but he won’t settle for his side’s qualification to the Champions League
Aston Villa’s hopes of automatic qualification for the Champions League round of 16 took a blow after a 1-0 loss to Monaco on Tuesday, while Atalanta won big to keep up its strong campaign.
Atalanta moved up to a provisional third in the Champions League table and within sight of the last 16 after Tuesday's 5-0 home romp over Sturm Graz, who are now eliminated. Wilfried Singo's eighth-minute goal helped Monaco edge Aston Villa 1-0 at home to sit ninth,
Barça struck deep into stoppage time to edge a dramatic nine-goal encounter while Liverpool made it seven wins from seven by beating Lille.
This really was an emphatic win from La Dea as they go up to third in the UCL table, pending other results. Adding two goal updates in one here as Atalanta have scored two more in a matter of seconds!
Aston Villa went close just before the whistle through Ollie Watkins, but still trail at the break. Just the one goal lead for Atalanta in the opening 45 minutes of action. Not to be outdone, Atalanta have also gone ahead, as Mateo Retegui fires home from close range with his 17th strike of the season. And it's come the way of Wilfried Singo.
AS Monaco edged out Aston Villa 1-0 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday with an early goal from Wilfried Singo as the Ligue 1 side secured its first victory of the year.
Monaco ground out a 1-0 home win against Aston Villa in the Champions League on Tuesday, denying the Premier League side the chance to all but book their spot in the round
Find out who is missing through injury and who is in a race against time to prove their fitness in the next round of the UEFA Champions League.
Tchouameni go to Real Madrid (from Monaco), Benoit Badiashile to Chelsea (from Monaco) or Charles de Ketelaere to AC Milan (from Club Brugge) or a lot of players in Genk also leaving to bigger clubs.
Atalanta progressed to the play-off round of the Uefa Champions League with a thumping 5-0 defeat of Sturm Graz in Bergamo.