Club Brugge vs Aston Villa Highlights: Asensio, Bailey score in 3-1 win in Champions League round of 16
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa Highlights: Asensio, Bailey score in 3-1 win in Champions League round of 16
Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match between Club Brugge and Aston Villa, being played at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Belgium.
Aston Villa has been a league-phase surprise, losing only once to finish eighth and set up the round-of-16 matchup against Club Brugge, which it lost 0-1 at home in November.
Brugge eliminated Atalanta in the playoffs.
Villa’s manager Unai Emery said that after losing to Brugge, he expected his team to put in a much better performance this time around.
“We played here in November and we’re now in March. Hopefully we can do better now,” he said.
“When we played here we weren’t competing like I want to do. The players know and we analysed why we didn’t compete in that moment like we can hopefully do tomorrow.
“The next step is tomorrow, trying to do our best being motivated, being excited, getting balance emotionally and playing good football.”
The Spaniard expects January loan signings Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio, who have been instrumental in Villa’s recent victories, to make an impact in Europe’s elite club competition.
“We added players with experience in Europe and in this competition. Usually, they are players playing in the highest level who can help us a lot,” Emery said.
“The process they are doing, progressively adapting to us, is going well… We are not going to get our objective only through individual players. We are going to get it collectively, building our structure as strong as possible.
“Once we have our structure, individual players can exploit their skills. This is the challenge we have.”
(with inputs from Reuters and Associated Press)
The UEFA Champions League match, Club Brugge vs Aston Villa, will be played at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium. The match is scheduled for a 6:45 pm local time kick-off (11:15 pm IST) on March 4.
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Published on Mar 04, 2025
