Manchester City’s Premier League game against Aston Villa has been billed as “a final” by Pep Guardiola because Champions League qualification is on the line. The Premier League’s top five will qualify for Europe’s elite club competition next season and with Arsenal in a strong position to seal their spot alongside Liverpool, a fascinating race...
Former England striker Dion Dublin analyses how Aston Villa “had done their homework” against Newcastle following their 4-1 win at Villa Park. READ MORE: ‘Fuming’ Watkins channelled ‘anger’ into ‘dynamite’ display Watch MOTD on BBC iPlayer Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Newcastle assistant manager Jason Tindall says his side have played “one half too much” after a tired second-half performance saw them lose 4-1 at Villa Park in their third game in six days. READ MORE: Villa hit four past Newcastle in stunning win Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery tells of his pride at the way the players responded to their agonising Champions League exit with a comprehensive 4-1 Premier League victory over Newcastle at Villa Park. READ MORE: Villa hit four past Newcastle in stunning win Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Aston Villa fall agonisingly short of reaching the Champions League semi-finals as a thrilling 3-2 second-leg victory for Unai Emery’s side sees PSG hold on to win 5-4 on aggregate. MATCH REPORT: Aston Villa 3-2 (Agg 4-5) PSG Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma makes three crucial saves to stop Aston Villa reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League. Read full article at source...
A system malfunction led to the wrong anthem being played before Aston Villa’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris St-Germain. The Europa League anthem was played over the PA system as the players lined up at Villa Park on Tuesday, before it was switched for the Champions League anthem. Club and Uefa sources say...
Rashford’s January move appears to have revived the England international’s career but, after a number of decent displays, this was arguably his best for Emery’s side. The way he set up Villa’s third goal against PSG was a brilliant display of skill as he nutmegged one player to get into the box, sidestepped another before...
The pre-match build-up was more rock concert than football match, with flames and pyrotechnics lighting up Villa Park, fireworks flying over either side of the stadium from the roof of the towering stands. The trademark stern expression of legendary former Villa manager Ron Saunders gazed down from the giant screens before kick-off as one of...
Unai Emery says he is “proud of everything” Aston Villa achieved during their run to the Champions League quarter-finals which ended in an agonising defeat by PSG. MATCH REPORT: Heroic Villa comeback falls just short against PSG Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
French football journalist Julien Laurens joins Ben Croucher on The Football News Show to look ahead to the Champions League second leg between Aston Villa and Paris St-Germain. He says PSG winger Ousmane Dembele has been the “best player in the world” since the turn of the year. Read full article at source...
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says his players should view the second leg of their Champions League showdown with Paris St-Germain as a chance to write themselves into the club’s history books. Villa, who won the European Cup in 1982, suffered a 3-1 defeat away to the Ligue 1 champions last week in the first...
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery praises his side’s “fantastic” performance against Southampton, with goals from substitutes Ollie Watkins, Donyell Malen and John McGinn. Read full article at source...
So, what chance do Villa have of hauling themselves back into this tie and even winning it? It should be noted that similar comebacks have been achieved before. Nine teams have been exactly two goals down after an away leg in a knockout Champions League tie and managed to successfully turn things around at home....
The Prince of Wales was in Paris alongside his son Prince George and childhood friend Thomas van Straubenzee to watch Aston Villa in their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday night. However, despite the diehard Villa fan wearing his “lucky clothes” they lost 3-1 in the Parc des Princes and face...