In some quarters, Atalanta’s 3-0 win at Anfield was seen as the shock of European football last week but it came as no surprise to Lee Congerton after the past two years at Stadio di Bergamo crafting the current team.
Man City 1-1 Real Madrid (4-4 agg; Madrid win 4-3 on penalties): City knocked out after agonising penalty shootout defeat
There are ways of losing, and Pep Guardiola made clear that this one, in a game his team dominated, in a shootout they threw away, was acceptable and that he had made his peace with it.