Aston Villa 4 Celtic 2 - Matt Maher analysis
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00:00Good evening from Villa Park, well another Champions League night is in the books and frankly it's difficult to know where to start.
00:07Villa threw to the last 16 after a 4-2 win over Celtic, they went back into the top 8 in that giant league table courtesy of Atalanta drawing 2-2 with Barcelona
00:19but it was right in the balance right up until the final whistle and to be honest what happened on the pitch almost wasn't the biggest story.
00:26Before the game John Duran and Ollie Watkins both at the centre of transfer speculation.
00:32Duran it seems is on his way to Saudi Arabia to Al Nasser, he's going to undergo a medical tomorrow.
00:37He was on the bench tonight, he didn't come on, it looks like his Villa career is over.
00:41Watkins however, he's staying despite a bid from Arsenal of £60 million.
00:46Unai Emery after the game saying Villa do not want to sell their top Premier League scorer for the last four seasons.
00:53In the game itself it was Morgan Rodgers that took the headlines.
00:57He became the first player in Champions League history to score in the first five minutes of a match
01:01and then he completed his hat-trick late on after Ollie Watkins had put Villa back in front
01:06after Adam Ida had scored twice in three minutes to bring Celtic back level 2-2.
01:11Watkins almost also missed a penalty, had several chances saved by Kasper Schmeichel, had one cleared off the line.
01:18Schmeichel denied Rodgers, Villa should have won by more but it was 3-2 heading into stoppage time
01:23and their place in the last 16 was not secured up until that point.
01:27Big news for Villa because they skipped next month's play-off round.
01:31They also get £9.2 million in prize money for qualifying for the last 16.
01:37So a huge boost but in terms of the story it looks like Duran is off, Watkins is staying,
01:45Villa are through, Rodgers the hero. That's about it in a nutshell.