Diego Simeonecoach of Atletico Madrid, commented on the tough defeat suffered by his team yesterday in the match against Lille: “The team played a great first half, one of the best of the season, but this is a cruel competition. If you don’t score goal, you’re out. Lille had three chances and took advantage of them all. This tournament is complicated, we’re going through a difficult moment and now we have a very tough match ahead of us.”
The updated Champions League standings
1. Aston Villa 9 (dr +6)
2. Liverpool 9 (dr +5)
3. Manchester City 7 (dr +9)
4. Munich 7 (dr +5)
5. Brest 7 (dr +5)
6. Leverkusen 7 (dr +5)
7. Inter 7 (dr +5)
8. Sporting 7 (dr +4)
9. Arsenal 7 (dr +3)
10. Barcelona 6 (dr +7)
11. Dortmund 6 (dr +6)
12. Real Madrid 6 (dr +4)
13. Benfica 6 (dr +3)
14. Juventus 6 (dr +2)
15. Lille 6 (dr +1)
16. Feyenoord 6 (dr -1)
17. Atalanta 5 (dr +3)
18. Stuttgart 4 (dr -1)
19. PSG 4 (dr -1)
20. Celtic 4 (dr -2)
21. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -2)
22. Dinamo Zagreb 4 (dr -5)
23. Bayern Munich 3 (dr +3)
24. Girona 3 (dr 0)
25. Milan 3 (dr -1)
26. Club Brugge 3 (dr -4)
27. Atletico Madrid 3 (dr -5)
28. PSV 2 (dr -2)
29. Bologna 1 (dr -4)
30. Shakhtar 1 (dr -4)
31. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -3)
32. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -4)
33. Red Star 0 (dr -9)
34. Salzburg 0 (dr -9)
35. Young Boys 0 (dr -9)
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -10)
The results for Tuesday 22 October:
Milan-Brugge 3-1
Monaco-Red Star 5-1
Arsenal-Shakhtar 1-0
Aston Villa-Bologna 2-0
Girona-Slovan Bratislava 2-0
Juventus-Stuttgart 0-1
Paris Saint-Germain-PSV 1-1
Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 4-2
Sturm Graz-Sporting 0-2
The results for Wednesday 23 October:
Atalanta-Celtic 0-0
Brest-Bayer Leverkusen 1-1
Atletico-Madrid-Lille 1-3
Barcelona-Bayern Munich 4-1
Benfica-Feyenoord 1-3
Manchester City-Sparta Prague 5-0
Leipzig-Liverpool 0-1
Salzburg-Dinamo Zagreb 0-2
Young Boys-Inter 0-1