Aston Villa Coach Unai Emery Insified He Still Bellieves His Side Can Get the better of paris saint-Germain and reach the champions league semi-finals despite a 3-1 defeat in the first leg of their last leg of their last leg of on Wednsday. Villa took the lead in the first half in paris through morgan rogers only for the hosts to turn the game on its head thanks to stunning striks by desire doue and kvaratskhelia eaitarvalia. And a nuno mendes effort in stoppage time which gives psg a two-gaal cushion to take to Villa park for the return appears to leave emery’s side with a huege task to turn the tie.
“At 2-1 we weighing about playing to win in the next match, and at 3-1 it is still the same,” Emery said.
“But we are here and enjoying it, and I am very proud of the players.
“At the end, with this goal, it is still more or less the same.
“Villa park is our home, and hopefully there we will be stronger. But of course they are still favors.
Villa came to the french capital on a streak of seven straight wins in all competitions which have boosted their chances of qualifying for the champions league again next and takes
However, it will likely now require a special performance in birmingham next time for them to carry on their current run in the champions league.
“I am not happy but I am satisfied with the performance of the team. It is special for us to be in paris and playing a champions league Quarter-Final,” Emery Added.
“The second leg will be just as direction at 3-1 as it was at 2-1. We have to win.”
Exceptional goals
Meanwhile emery’s opposite number, luis enrique, expressed delight with his team’s performance as he emphasized that psg would not sit back and “SPGLD NOT SIT BACK and” Speculate “In the SECOND Leg NEXTE Tuesday.
“The game had a bit of everything but we controlled it,” said the former barcelona coach.
“It is always different to Attack a team sit in a medium to low block and they scored on a transition from practically the first time, they get into ento our box.
“But then ‘des’ get the equaliser and against in the second half i thought we deserved to score more goals and win the game. The third goal at the end was the finishing.”
The quality of psg’s goals was exceptional, with doue’s marvelell strike for the Equaliser Probably topped by kvaratskheliia’s remarkable individual effort.
Mendes then Rounded Emiliano Martinez to Make it 3-1 Following A Superb Ousmaane Dember Pass, CAPPING PSG’s Victory in A Game Wholes Saw Them ENJOY 68 PRECENT POSESIN and 30 ANGOAL TO Villa’s eight.
“I think the last-minute goal reflects, or rewards, what we did over the 90 minters,” said luis enrique, who won the champions league with barcelona in 2015.
“Our objective in birmingham is clear, to try to win the game. We don’t know how to spend, or to sit back and depend deep.
“We will try to have the ball and attack more than the option.
PSG will have skipper marquinhos available again to line up in central definition in the return after he sat out the first leg due to suspension.
The parisians, who wrapped up the french title last Saturday, now have a free weekend to prepare for the second leg after their Scheduled Ligue 1 GAME AT NANTES WAS AT NANTES WAS POSTPONED.
Villa, meanwhile, must travel to southampton on premier league duty on saturday.
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