Aston Villa vs PSG LIVE: Latest updates as hosts roar again in Champions League quarter-final
Aston Villa are hoping to extend their Champions League campaign with a comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-final second leg at Villa Park.
Unai Emery’s side trail 3-1 on aggregate after the first leg in Paris where Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for the midlands club before goals from Desire Doue, Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes gave the French champions the advantage.
Villa have performed well at home in Europe this year but their task is a colossal one against a team that has won 17 of their previous 18 matches across all competitions. Their only defeat in that run was a 1-0 loss to Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie which they went on to win.
A 3-0 Premier League win over Southampton in between ties gives Villa some added confidence with Ollie Watkins, Donyell Malen and John McGinn are proving their worth in front of goal ahead of what will be a crucial test tonight.
Follow all the Champions League action with our live blog below:
Aston Villa 3-2 PSG
65 mins: Dembele gets in down the right and fires an effort goalwards, straight to Martinez who picks it up at the second attempt.
A small reminder of the threat PSG have got.
Aston Villa 3-2 PSG
62 mins: Caught your breath yet?
Villa looked all but dead and buried when they went two goals down. But here they are, within one of parity in the tie.
Enrique has brought on first leg hero Doue to try and shift the tide back in PSG’s favour.
Aston Villa 3-2 PSG
60 mins: SAVE! Tielemans forces Donnarumma into another immense save as his header forces the big keeper to make full-stretch stop to claw it away.
PSG are under IMMENSE pressure.
GOAL! Aston Villa 3-2 PSG
58 mins: GOAL! VILLA ARE IN TOUCHING DISTANCE!
Marcus Rashford dances into the box and puts it on a plate for Ezri Konsa, who tucks home into the bottom corner to put Villa to within one!
Rashford nearly bagged one himself moments earlier but forced a stunning save out of Donnarumma.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-2 PSG
55 mins: GOAL! WHAT A STRIKE, JOHN MCGINN!
The Villa skipper drives towards the box and has a pop from range, with his effort taking a slight deflection to fly over Donnarumma into the top corner!
Villa are level on the night and within two of parity in the tie. They couldn’t, could they?!
Aston Villa 1-2 PSG
53 mins: NO GOAL! PSG break on the counter once again and Dembele is slipped through with a clear run on goal.
The Villa players want a flag but it only come once the Frenchman has dinked Martinez and put the ball in the net. VAR confirms the decision.
That came just after the ball very nearly fell to Rashford for a tap in – Donnarumma got a big touch there to put him off.
Aston Villa 1-2 PSG
51 mins: It’s the visiting fans that have been making the noise since the restart. They haven’t stopped singing.
Aston Villa 1-2 PSG
49 mins: Half-chance for Villa as Digne whips in towards McGinn on the corner six-yard box – the Scot can’t quite guide his flick into the far corner and it goes high and wide.
You wonder if McGinn could have had a pop when it opened up for him earlier in the move.
