Club Brugge vs Aston Villa LIVE: Champions League result and final score as two late goals turn tie around

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·4 mars 2025

Club Brugge vs Aston Villa LIVE: Champions League result and final score as two late goals turn tie around

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Aston Villa earned a 3-1 win away to Club Brugge in their Champions League last-16 first leg in Belgium, thanks to an own goal and a penalty kick in the final eight minutes.

Villa were in front in the third minute when Leon Bailey fired a first-time shot into the bottom corner but the hosts were level nine minutes later through Maxim De Cuyper.

The tie appeared to be heading for a draw until Brandon Mechele put the ball into his own net eight minutes from time and with two minutes left Marco Asensio converted from the penalty spot.

The sides will meet again at Villa Park next Wednesday for the second leg, to decide who will face either Liverpool or Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals. Follow all the Champions League reaction with our live blog below:

'Tie is not over' says Unai Emery

Despite Villa’s healthy lead, Unai Emery insisted that the tie is not over.

We are not in the quarter-final,” Emery said. "There's still 90 minutes to play, we're ready in case we need extra-time and penalties because I know how difficult it is in each match and how we can change one match in 90 minutes.

"The players, I'm sure they have experiences before as well with matches like that and we have to respect the opponent always. There are still 90 minutes to play. They won against Atalanta 3-1 and they compete very well.

"We need to watch the match again with the players to understand the difficulties we can face against teams in Europe. I am happy but calm, getting balance. There are still 90 minutes to play."

Una Emery on Aston Villa’s 3-1 victory at Club Brugge and Tyrone Mings’ redemption, after the defender’s mistake in the 1-0 defeat in Belgium earlier this season:

"It is very important getting experiences. The first experience he had here was not good but today he reacted fantastic, playing focused, serious, saving one action that was a goal.

"We are demanding everyone inside. I am demanding with the players and they have to be demanding themselves.

"Of course I know the difficulties in football and how we can (have) experiences and how we can get better and analyse everything deeply and try and correct it, that is my only target with the players.

"We corrected something from the match we played here. Of course we have to correct something we didn't do well today here for the next week against Bruges."