‘We can compete against the best in the world’Midfielder excited at prospect of facing PSG Not so long ago, John McGinn presumed a detour to the Paris Saint-Germain club shop on a family holiday as a kid, getting kitted out en route to Disneyland, would be the closest he got to playing at the Parc des Princes. Unai Emery is a former PSG manager, Marco Asensio is on loan from the Ligue 1 club, but McGinn’s ties are more modest, if not tenuous. “The only place I’ve been there is the shop,” he says, smiling. “We were in a big campervan and stopped off in Paris. I think I was about seven or eight … I remember getting a PSG strip.” Continue reading...

After Liverpool's Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain, some interesting footage of Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah was uploaded to social media

Liverpool were dumped out of the Champions League by PSG on Tuesday and the Anfield atmosphere has been under the spotlight in recent weeks following the Reds' European exit

There are only two British teams left in the Champions League after Arsenal and Aston Villa secured their passage to the quarter-finals, with two demanding ties to come against Real Madrid and PSG

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery will get a shot at redemption for the lowest point of his stellar European career when he faces former club Paris St-Germain in the Champions League quarter-final.

Marco Asensio's Paris St-Germain career has been forgettable - but he now has the chance in the Champions League to make them remember his name.

In reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, Unai Emery’s side have taken a step closer to being immortalised Glory comes in many forms. Perhaps the best Aston Villa could hope for on Wednesday was a game of little drama. They had in effect won the tie in Belgium last week; the last thing they wanted was to have to win it again. And yet, straightforward as it was, this was glorious, a night that in its outcome, if not the precise details, was epochal, marking Villa’s return to the European elite. Perhaps that will be a long‑term state, perhaps fleeting; either way, it is significant. There is a tide in the affairs of clubs which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. For Villa this was one of the nights fans yearn for, a night of destiny, a night to be spoken of for a long time to come. Even five years ago it would have seemed absurd that all that they had to do to reach the Champions League quarter-finals was avoid a two-goal defeat against the Belgian champions. Continue reading...

Aston Villa beat Club Brugge 6-1 on aggregate to set up a Champions League quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain, with Unai Emery going up against the club he managed for two seasons

When Unai Emery accepted the challenge of reviving Aston Villa at a time when the club was fretting about relegation to the Championship, he voiced his desire to return to European competition. It was punchy, part of a grand plan and, for supporters, a particularly exciting soundbite, but back then the prospect of a Champions League quarter-final date with Paris Saint-Germain, one of Emery’s former clubs, felt fanciful. The Villa manager has unequivocally delivered on his wish. The Champions League furniture: the oversized badges, the giant tifos and 3D signage will get at least another outing this season. “Paris away, olé olé,” a delirious Holte End sang. Continue reading...

Paris St-Germain beat Liverpool to progress to the last eight after Gianluigi Donnarumma saves two penalties from Darwen Nunez and Curtis Jones at Anfield.