Aston Villa Report

John Townley

John McGinn: "It's a new Villa and it was a big test for the new players to dig in. It was Joao Gomes and George Hemmings' first Champions League games. It's not easy to go away at a place like this in difficult weather conditions." [UEFA] #AVFC

John Townley

Nicolas Jackson: "Every game is different. We don't care about the past, we just focus on the next one. Like every team, we have our ambitions. We just know it's a long journey, so we take it step by step, trying to win every game we play." [UEFA] #AVFC

John Townley

Nicolas Jackson: "It means a lot to score. I'm very happy to be here and happy to be with the team, manager and staff. Hopefully, there are many more to come." [UEFA] #AVFC

AVFC Official

Emery: We took a big step forward

Unai Emery was pleased with Aston Villa’s work as they picked up a victory on Matchday One in the UEFA Champions League.

The Guardian

First-half treble powers Aston Villa to Champions League win at Club Brugge

Aston Villa were 3-1 up after 43 minutes but were made to sweat for their first win of the season, emerging victorious from an entertaining Champions League opener against Club Brugge. John McGinn, who struck the only goal when Villa belatedly got their season up and running…

AVFC Official

McGinn hails 'huge' Brugge win

John McGinn hailed a “huge” victory after Aston Villa saw off Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League.

Sky Sports

Aston Villa attack clicks in thrilling win over Club Brugge

Aston Villa produced a superb attacking display to end their scoring concerns and begin their Champions League campaign with a thrilling 3-2 win over Club Brugge.

AVFC Statto

📊 Aston Villa have won 18 of their 28 matches across the UEFA Champions League/European Cup, with their 64.3% win percentage the best in the competition’s history among teams to have played 10+ matches 😍 #AVFC | #UCL

John Townley

Unai Emery on being animated at subs: "In the dressing room we spoke about players being tired. When I asked the players to come on they were doing set pieces and individual issues, but I needed their impact quickly after. They did it." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery: "We lacked runs in behind against Hull, but today we did it more. Jackson is a striker who likes to drop and he needs someone running. We were pushing in the last training session for him to be the last man running in behind." #AVFC