"At last, a first win of the season for Aston Villa. They made harder work of it than they might have done against limited opponents, and there were rather more nervous moments than there probably should have been, but a win's a win, and after the start to the season Villa have had, that's the most important thing."
"That was the Champions League quarter-final as Villa mounted a rousing fightback against Paris Saint-Germain that, although it fell short, rattled the eventual champions. Coming after a series of memorable European nights the win against Bayern, the victory in Leipzig, the last-16 demolition of Club Brugge there was a clear sense then that that was where Villa belonged, and there seemed little reason to think they could not become Champions League regulars."
Aston Villa claimed their first win of the season after a nervy performance against limited opponents. The team has struggled early, taking only three points and scoring one goal in five games. Five months earlier Villa reached the Champions League quarter-final and beat top sides, creating expectations of regular continental competition. Emi Martinez's red card and the final-day defeat sold them into the Europa League, creating an anti-climax. Squad rotation left only six players from the PSG starting lineup in Thursday's match. Sporting director Monchi resigned on Tuesday. John McGinn scored after 13 minutes, squeezing a 20-yard shot past a defender and the unsighted keeper.
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