PSG vs Aston Villa LIVE: Hosts take two-goal cushion into second leg after fine victory in Paris
PSG 3-1 Aston Villa: The French champions have a strong lead after winning the first leg
Aston Villa will need to overturn a two goal deficit in the Champions League quarter-finals after being beaten 3-1 by PSG in the first leg of their tie.
Villa took the lead against the run of play at the Parc des Princes. With PSG on top, John McGinn took control of the ball and kicked off a counter-attack. Morgan Rogers finished off the move with a tap in at the back post and the good vibes ended there for Unai Emery’s men.
Desire Doue was the instigator of PSG’s comeback. He cut in from the left and fizzed a shot into the far top corner before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia sent the hosts ahead in the second half with an equally superb strike.
Villa seemed content to take a loss back to the Midlands but Nuno Mendes made the task incredibly difficult in stoppage time with a dainty and professional finish to sit down Emi Martinez and give the French champions a third goal.
Relive the Champions League action with our live blog below:
PSG 2-1 Aston Villa
51 mins: This is a dangerous moment for Aston Villa now.
Anymore goals and the game could get away from them quickly.
As it stands they’re still in the tie.
GOAL! PSG 2-1 Aston Villa (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, 49')
Wow!
PSG move the ball up the pitch with one and two touch passes. They find Kvaratskhelia who weaves into the box.
He rolls his studs over the ball and wrongfoots Disasi before smashing his effort into the near top corner.
Incredible.
PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
48 mins: Oh! Tielemans gets a lucky bounce and wins the ball in midfield.
There’s a chance for Villa for break but he picks out the wrong pass, trying to find Rashford, which gets intercepted by the hosts.
Second half! PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
Unai Emery has made a change at the break with Axel Disasi coming on to replace Matty Cash.
Cash was on a yellow card so it could be a tactical move from the Villa boss.
PSG get the ball rolling again.
Why is Emiliano Martinez being booed by PSG fans in Champions League?
Emiliano Martinez has been booed by fans of Paris Saint-Germain during Aston Villa’s Champions League quarter-final at the Parc des Princes.
The Villa goalkeeper had stirred up tension with French fans ahead the trip to PSG in the Champions League quarter-finals by wearing a custom cap displaying Argentina’s recent international trophies.
And the home fans voiced their disapproval of the shot-stopper both as he warmed up and in his early touches of the last-eight encounter, with the 32-year-old whistled after collecting a pass soon after kick off and then while preparing to take a goal kick.
Why is Emiliano Martinez being booed by PSG fans in Champions League?
HT PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
Big constrasting stats from the first half.
Aston Villa had two shots, one on target and one goal. PSG meanwhile had 15 efforts, six on target and one goal.
Emi Martinez has made five saves already and there’s been none from Gianluigi Donnarumma.
HT PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
Half-time! PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
45+2 mins: The whistle goes to end a fascinating 45 minutes of football.
PSG have controlled the game in large parts but Villa haven’t looked out of their depth and they can take heart from that.
Can they put in another 45 minutes of solid defensive work to take something back to Villa Park?
We’ll see shortly.
PSG 1-1 Aston Villa
45 mins: Two minutes of added time to play in the first half.
Villa need to get to the break on level terms.
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