RB Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham: 5 Talking Points | UEFA Champions League 2019-20

#4 Fairytale run continues in this season's Champions League

Leipzig are through to the UCL quarterfinal

With an ever-increasing financial market for football clubs to tap into, the disparity between the rich and poor has never been more pronounced and the bigger sides are getting richer while the smaller teams struggle to remain competitive.

Access to more money generally means getting buying better players and this limits the chances of smaller sides competing for major titles and they are just content to complete the numbers and retain their status in the top-flight.

Most of the major tournaments are always won by a handful of clubs but the fairytale nature of the game means that there is always one side that defies the odds to go the distance at the expense of more established sides every other season.

Leicester City did it with their title-winning campaign in 2016, while Ajax were a few seconds away from a first Champions League final in 24 years after dispatching heavyweights like Juventus and Real Madrid on the way.

Atalanta have been one of the biggest underdog stories of the last two years and despite having the 13th biggest budget in Serie A, the Bergamo side have been punching above their weight in Italy and led by four-goal hero Josip Ilicic, Gian Piero Gasperini's men dispatched Valencia 4-3 on their own turf to make it to the last eight in their first season of Champions League football.

Ahead of the round-of-16, Leipzig and Atalanta were the only two sides that had never appeared in the Champions League knockout rounds but their convincing victories have guaranteed that there would be two unfancied sides in the last eight and if they can keep up their impressive performances, there just might be no stopping them.