Aston Villa make it three wins out of three in the Champions League with victory over Bologna at a raucous Villa Park.
Aston Villa become only the third side to win their opening three games in the Champions League without conceding after Malaga in 2012-13 and Leicester City in 2016-17Aston Villa's magical Champions League journey continued as they marked Unai Emery's second anniversary in charge by going top of the league phase on another European night to remember.
Villa doubled their lead nine minutes later when Jhon Duran marked his first Villa Park start for 11 months by sweeping home from close range, his seventh goal of the season. When Villa announced the Spaniard's appointment on 24 October 2022 following the sacking of Steven Gerrard, they were struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League table.
Home fans belted out the Champions League anthem before their team brushed aside Bologna, who have one point from three games.There was applause from all four sides of the pitch when Samuel Iling-Junior, who is on loan at Bologna from Villa, came on for the Serie A club in the 77th minute - the 21-year-old winger's first appearance at Villa Park.Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 BST on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
Since the competition rebrand in 1992-93, Aston Villa could become only the third side to win their opening three games in the UEFA Champions League without conceding after Málaga in 2012-13 and Leicester City in 2016-17.
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