Aston Villa 4 Celtic 2: Prince William goes through rollercoaster of emotions as Morgan Rogers bags stunning hat-trick
Aston Villa 4 Celtic 2: Prince William goes through rollercoaster of emotions as Morgan Rogers bags stunning hat-trick
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VILLA fans unfurled a massive tifo of celebrity fan Ozzy Osbourne in the Holte End before kick-off. Then we all boarded the Crazy Train for 90 mental minutes of mayhem which ended with ….. this epic Battle of Britain clash. This was a night Ollie Watkins will never forget as he took centre stage before kick off - and carried on being the main attraction for most of this extraordinary match.
![[Prince William celebrating at a soccer game.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/prince-william-prince-wales-celebrates-967652120.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It's hard to believe Watkins wouldn't have got wind of the fact Arsenal had made a £60million bid for him in the run-up to the match - social media being what it is. If he did it certainly didn't look as if it affected him as he finally put Celtic to the sword on the hour.
![[Aston Villa players celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/morgan-rogers-aston-villa-celebrates-967664872.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It was a goal worthy of winning a tie of this calibre - quick, with brilliant teamwork, culminating in a clinical finish. Morgan Rogers, outstanding all night, rolled Liam Scales in the middle of the park and played in John McGinn. The little dynamo shrugged off Arne Engels and went scampering deep into Celtic territory before releasing Jacob Ramsey on the right.
![[The Prince of Wales and others reacting to an Aston Villa game.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/reacts-chance-aston-villa-uefa-967637998.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The midfielder swept the ball across the face of goal and there was Watkins lurking like the predator he is to slam the ball past Kasper Schmeichel to record his first ever Champions League strike. The fact he then patted the Villa badge on his chest will be taken as proof by Villa fans that Arsenal can forget about landing their transfer target.
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