Ollie Watkins scored his 25th goal in all competitions for Aston Villa. Lille came across a Martinez-Watkins duo on fire, while Jonathan David and Edon Zhegrova were not up to the task.
BAFODÉ DIAKITÉ KEPT HOPE, but we are not used to seeing him very often in a match. Unai Emery and his staff targeted a weakness among Lille, and they knew how to exploit them wonderfully. The Argentinian goalkeeper stopped (almost) everything. The Scotsman was left alone to strike, and with the quality of his (left) foot that we know of, he was able to score without forcing his talent. The Kosovar winger from LOSC, who we know twirling, was well muzzled by the Lille trainee, Lucas Digne. The Lille central defender allowed an entire population to imagine a favorable scenario, at the Decathlon Arena, next Thursday.