Paris Saint-Germain host Aston Villa in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with the first leg of their tie being played at the Parc des Princes tonight.
PSG are in fine form having already secured the Ligue 1 title. That allows them to focus all their efforts of claiming a first Champions League title and Aston Villa will need to be wary of their quality.
Luis Enrique’s side defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout in the previous round and have only failed to win once in their previous 17 matches across all competitions – a 1-0 loss to Liverpool at home in the last-16 first leg.
Villa, meanwhile, are on a seven-game winning run including beating Club Brugge 6-1 on aggregate in the previous round. Unai Emery’s men come into the match on the back of a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest and will have their sights set on a historic win tonight.
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PSG 2-1 Aston Villa
63 mins: PSG are well on top now.
A corner is whipped into the box, hits a back or a shoulder of, I think a Villa defender, then loops into the hands of Emi Martinez.
PSG 2-1 Aston Villa
60 mins: Jacob Ramsey is hooked off for Aston Villa with Marco Asensio brought on.
Asensio is in fine form and a goal from him against his parent club would be very handy for Villa.
PSG 2-1 Aston Villa
57 mins: Save!
Wonderful from PSG. Fabian Ruiz is played into space on the left side of the pitch.
He gets up to the box and pulls it back to Achraf Hakimi who shoots and forces a low stop out of Emi Martinez!
‘Kvaratskhelia has been terrific’
“Kvaratskhelia has been terrific in the second half.
“He wasn’t bad in the first, either, but his duel with Axel Disasi looks distinctly one-sided.
“Disasi is a Parisian back in Paris but getting turned inside out by the Georgian for his goal probably wasn’t the homecoming he had in mind.”
PSG 2-1 Aston Villa
55 mins: Doue tracks back to the edge of his own box and recovers the ball.
PSG sweep forward quickly and win a corner but Villa manage to deal with it.
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′)
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?
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.