Aston Villa 3 PSG 2 (agg 3-5): Unai Emery’s side fall agonisingly short after epic second-half turnaround

Published on April 15, 2025 at 08:48 PM

Aston Villa 3 PSG 2 (agg 3-5): Unai Emery’s side fall agonisingly short after epic second-half turnaround

ASTON VILLA's fairytale Champions League run is over – but they went out in valiant style.

Unai Emery's men had faint hopes of reaching the semi-finals of Europe's elite club competitions ahead of the start of the second leg, which they went into 3-1 down on aggregate.

Boubacar Kamara of Aston Villa and Bradley Barcola of Paris Saint-Germain vying for the ball during a soccer match. — Aston Villa welcomed PSG to Villa Park with faint hopes of making the Champions League semi-finals

Achraf Hakimi of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates scoring a goal. — Achraf Hakimi appeared to dash Villa's hopes of a grand comeback in the 11th minute to fire PSG into a 4-1 aggregate lead

Nuno Mendes scoring a goal during a UEFA Champions League match. — Nuno Mendes struck in the 28th minute to seemingly put the final nail into the coffin of Villa's semi-final hopes

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery looking dejected during a soccer match. — Youri Tielemans put Villa back on the comeback trail in the 34th minute

Aston Villa's McGinn shoots and scores a goal during a Champions League match. — John McGinn levelled the scores with a deflected strike from range

Ezri Konsa of Aston Villa scoring a goal. — Ezri Konsa struck just moments later to fire Villa into a 3-2 lead

Goals from PSG full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes before the half-hour mark seemingly dashed the Villans' hopes of reaching the semis.

Youri Tielemans, however, kept fans' hopes alive when he reduced the arrears in the 34th minute.

And two goals in two minutes from John McGinn and Ezri Konzsa put the Premier League side within a goal of levelling the tie.

Konsa should've levelled the tie with a free ahead in the 70th minute after Marco Asensio forced a good save from Gianluigi Donnarumma.

But the England international missed a free header, much to the dejection of Villa boss Unai Emery.

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