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ATA vs CEL

UEFA Champions League

Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo

Atalanta

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Celtic

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That is all we have time for on Tribe as Celtic hold on for a valuable point against Atalanta. I have been Elliot Thompson, and thank you for joining me. Stay with us on Tribe for more Champions League coverage as eight more games kick-off in ten minutes.
Atalanta now sit in 12th place on five points in the Champions League table. Next up for them is a home game in Serie A against Hellas Verona. Up next in Europe is a tough away match against VfB Stuttgart. Celtic are in 18th place in the Champions League. They have Motherwell next up in the league. In Europe, they have a massive home game against RB Leipzig in a couple of weeks.
You could hear the away end celebrate that draw like it was a massive win, but it emphasises just how important that point is for Celtic. After that embarrassment in Dortmund, it felt pivotal that they showed they could defend away from home in Europe. In hindsight, Brendan Rodgers may have started Kyogo instead of Adam Idah, as he barely had a touch. Kyogo had Celtic's best two openings in the second half, but they were half chances. Other than that, Celtic barely threatened when attacking, but that wasn't too key, as they'll hope to do that in their home games. So now they have four points, which they would have taken if you offered it to them at the start of the season.
IT ENDS ALL SQUARE WITH ZERO GOALS! Atalanta will be so annoyed that they haven't been able to secure all three points in this one. They absolutely dominated Celtic from minute one until the last but yet couldn't find the back of the net. In the first 45 minutes, Zappacosta was running the show for the home side with so many crosses. He created their best chance of the game as he found Pasalic with a cross. His header hit the bar, and then he could only put the rebound over. Pasalic also had a massive chance saved by Schmeichel whilst he had another header off target. As well as this, Retegui had a header saved from a corner, so it was a shock to go in at half-time with it level. In the second half, Lookman tried to create the chances, but Celtic stayed resolute at the back. Gasperini made a couple of surprising changes, taking Lookman and Retegui off, which led to Atalanta losing their way. They appeared to run out of ideas, with the best chance to win it coming to Hien. He had a header at the end after a delicious Ruggeri cross, but he couldn't keep it down. Atalanta remains unbeaten, but that really should have been back-to-back wins in the Champions League tonight.
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SHOT! Bernardo heads a cross away, the ball comes to Ruggeri on the left wing. Ruggeri whips in a delicious ball which is begging to be headed in. Hien wins the header, but he cannot keep it down, so Schmeichel watches it fly over his goal.
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SHOT! Scales gets caught under the ball, so he brings Zaniolo down, giving away a foul from around 30 yards out. De Roon and Samardzic stand over the set-piece. The latter takes it on his left foot as he tries to curl it up and over the wall. They do their job well, though as the shot is blocked.
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Atalanta get on with the corner, which is cleared at the near post. Celtic tries to break, but the ball comes to Hien on the right wing. Johnstone then goes down again, holding his hamstring. Medical staff ran on with a stretcher, but he is back up on his feet and looks like he could be done for the night. However, he seems desperate to carry on so he is back on.
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A. Johnston
Injury Break