Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna: Unai Emery's side continued their perfect start to life in the Champions League with victory of Serie A opposition thanks to John McGinn and Jhon Duran
This may be Aston Villa’s first foray into the Champions League . But they are starting to look very much at home.
And although Emery switched it around - he blooded Duran from the start instead of Ollie Watkins - the net result was still the same. Bologna’s bulged twice. And could have done so on other occasions, too. There wasn’t any cat ’n’ mouse. There were more than a few hairy moments at either end during the opening exchanges. The only surprise was that neither keeper had been beaten in the opening half.
Their chances came in pockets of pressure. Midway through the half, Youri Tielemans’ corner was flicked on by Amadou Onana and Skorupski reacted well to save. He did likewise after John McGinn attempted to find the bottom corner with a right-foot shot. Stefan Posch drilled wide when he might have done better in the opening skirmishes after the break. The cost of that miss was seen in the 55th minute.
He was withdrawn moments later, booting the dugout in frustration. But his job was done. And so was Villa’s.
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