Goal – Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa)
Aston Villa 1-0 Club Brugge (AGG: 4-1)
50. Villa may have booked their place in the quarter-finals.
Bailey lifts the ball through and Asensio volleys it into the back of the net.
Poor defending from the visitors.
Goal – Marco Asensio (Aston Villa)
View from SunSport’s Graeme Bryce at Villa Park
It’s just as well Villa have that one man advantage because Brugge have spent most of the first half on the front foot.
Even with 10 men the Belgians have enjoyed 60% of possession against a Villa side who seem strangely on edge.
However Marcus Rashford finished the half by smashing a shot into the Brugge side net and hopefully there were signs at the end of the half that Brugge might be wilting a little.
Unai Emery has sent on Marco Asensio and Leon Bailey for Ollie Watkins, who was injured and Boubacar Kamara.
But on this evidence PSG won’t be having sleepless nights about facing Villa on this form.
View from SunSport’s Jordan Davies at The Emirates
Raheem Sterling looks like a new man! Remarkable what a bit of confidence does.
The two assists he has tonight has doubled his tally for the entire season. All he needs now is a goal to round off this return to form.
Not that it will earn him a start this weekend, ineligible to play against his parent club Chelsea on Sunday…
HT: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid (AGG: 2-2)
After making the perfect start to the match, Atletico have sat back on their lead since.
Real are struggling to lay a glove on their local rivals so far.
This match is finely poised as we head into the second-half.
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