John Southall
BBC Radio Five Live football reporter

There's a very uneasy atmosphere at the Emirates, where a few scuffles have broken out in the away end between Cologne supporters and stewards. The gates finally opened at 19:50 BST, with thousands of ticketless Cologne fans outside the stadium.

It does appear the game will now go ahead but ticketless fans will have to be managed outside the ground and riot police have just entered the Emirates and are surrounding the away fans.

Ronald Koeman is being honest here, blaming himself for the side's lack of preparation.

"We knew since July that the start of the season was tough," he says. "But that is not the problem."

He also says that he showed his team eight clips of Alejandro Gomez cutting inside on to his right foot and shooting - but he was still allowed to for the second goal!

Everton

Ronald Koeman admits that Atalanta 'showed more passion' tonight. He is not a happy man at all.

Full quotes to come.

Speaking on BT Sport, Martin Keown thinks that Everton should leave out Michael Keane for the next game.

Thoughts?

Sounds like there are still plenty of problems at the Emirates as this tweet from the Telegraph's Ben Rumsby suggests.

A reminder, if you are just tuning in, that the Arsenal game has been put back an hour after problems at the stadium. A huge number of Cologne fans have reportedly been trying to gain entry.

Alfie Penfold: A momentary blip or proof Everton aren't cut out for this level?

Daniel Helander: This game is a proof that Everton needs Gueye.

A sensational return to European football for Atalanta. A chastening, shocking evening on the road for Everton and their 2,500 traveling fans.

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Andreas Cornelius is in on goal for Atalanta but his first-time shot is tame, before Nikola Vlasic does well to wriggle into space inside the area and maybe should have gone down in fact.

Very good Tom, very good.

Everton win a corner which Phil Jagielka heads just wide - they don't even deserve a consolation goal to be honest.

Tom and 20 others: The only other time I can think of when a British team has started a match an hour later than advertised is Everton tonight.

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It worked for Fergie. Well, sort of.

MPW7: If I was #koeman, external I'd use the "couldn't see each other in the grey" excuse. It's obviously the only problem...

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Do you remember Cardiff spending £8m on Andreas Cornelius - and then never playing him?The striker is now on for Atalanta for the final 10 minutes of a second half which has been instantly forgettable. The game was won, done and gone inside 45.

The Anglo-Italian Cup! That takes us back!

This is the first time that Atalanta have played English opposition in a, er, 'proper' match.

Richard Moore

Kevin Mirallas is Everton's third and final change as Mo Besic whistles a shot well over the top. Atalanta centre-half Andrea Masiello, who scored the opener tonight, tweaked his knee a few minutes ago and comes off with Mattia Caldara coming on.

Still no more concrete news from Arsenal about the delayed kick-off. I can't recall this sort of thing ever happening before though.

I know a few Everton fans and this summer was possibly the most optimistic they had been about a season for a long, long time.

It's not started too well. It's the hope that kills you isn't it? Every time.

They have been very bad indeed tonight.

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