ASENSIO ON EASY STREET

MISSION accomplished and now for Mission Impossible - or should that be improbable?

- By Neil Moxley

With Unai Emery at the helm, frankly anything is possible as Aston Villa’s incredible rise under the Spaniard hit new heights last night.

And who is to say that Villa cannot topple silky French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals?

If Luis Enrique thinks a passage to the semi-final is assured, he might like to think again.

Villa Park will certainly fancy its chances after an early Club Brugge dismissal took the jeopardy out of this second leg.

It was always going to be a tough ask to overturn their deficit with 11 men. After Marcus Rashford induced a sending-off for Kyriani Sabbe, an upset was never on the cards.

And the two-goal advantage was added to as head coach Emery flexed his muscles at half-time to stunning effect.