View from SunSport’s Graeme Bryce at Villa Park
LUIS ENRIQUE could be in for a few sleepless nights as the PSG boss faces up to his worst nightmare.
Aston Villa are heading to Paris for a Champions League showdown and Marco Asensio – the man he allowed to leave on loan – is in the form of his life!
The 29-year-old Spaniard will head back to his old club next month with a point to prove.
And he warmed up with a deadly double here to put 10-man Club Brugge to the sword, like a Matador slaying a bull.
The three-times Champions League winner has been an absolute steal after joining in the January window.
Last night he took this game by the scruff of the neck and delivered his sixth and seventh goals to ease Villa’s nerves – six of which have come in front of an adoring Holte End.
Throw in the fact Unai Emery will also have a grudge to bear against the club who binned him after he delivered a domestic quadruple in 2018, and Enrique might discover beating Liverpool was the easy part!
View from SunSport’s Jack Rosser in Madrid
This has been a fantastic night for Atletico fans so far, but they will have a familiar feeling creeping in here.
Too often they have pushed Real Madrid close and ended up on the wrong end of things in this competition.
They were really starting to look tired towards the end of normal time, with the brilliant Rodrigo De Paul forced off.
FT: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid (AGG: 1-1)
We are heading to extra-time in the Madrid derby.
That woeful penalty from Vinicius Junior could cost them dearly.
If there are no more goals we could see another high-pressure penalty shootout tonight.
FT: Arsenal 2-2 PSV (AGG: 9-3)
Mikel Arteta’s side are in the next round.
Drawing on the night, the tie was done and dusted in Eindhoven.
They will play the winners of tonight’s Madrid derby next.
