The stage is set at Villa Park for a huge Champions League night, as Aston Villa look to complete a famous comeback against PSG.
Villa’s 3-1 first-leg defeat at PSG has created quite an uphill task for Unai Emery’s men, but he will be well aware an early goal can change everything.
After the first leg, Emi Martinez and Morgan Rogers warned PSG that the tie is far from over, a belief echoed by loanee Marcus Rashford.
Marcus Rashford says ‘momentum is building’
It looked to be a frustrating afternoon at St Mary’s, with Southampton holding out till the 73rd minute despite relentless Aston Villa pressure.
However, an Ollie Watkins goal opened the floodgates, with Donyell Malen and John McGinn adding to the scoresheet in a 3-0 victory, their fourth consecutive win in the Premier League.
The result has made Rashford particularly optimistic ahead of the visit of PSG, as he captioned an Instagram post after the game ‘momentum is building’.
Rashford could sting PSG again
Marcus Rashford has already haunted PSG before during his time at Man United, with the Red Devils overcoming a two-goal deficit to knock the French side out of Europe in 2019.
Following a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford, not many gave Ole’s United much of a prayer, and it was always going to take a moment of magic for the improbable comeback to be completed.
A moment provided by the 21-year-old Rashford, burying a last-gasp penalty into the top corner against none other than Gianluigi Buffon to secure a 3-1 victory on the night.
A difficult assignment awaits Emery, but Villa fans will be hopeful one of their stars can provide the spark to a comeback.
Perhaps Rashford can repeat his 2019 tricks again.
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