Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has surprisingly admitted that he expected his side to lose to PSG in last night's Champions League match at the Parc des Princes.
The Premier League side went into the game hoping to continue their European adventure, having impressed in the competition so far.
Their night got off to a dream start, with Morgan Rogers putting Villa ahead in the 35th minute.
However, PSG were able to secure victory with Desire Doue, Kvicha Kvaratskheilia and Nuno Mendes all finding the net.
Aston Villa news: Unai Emery has surprisingly admitted that he expected his side to lose to PSG in last night's Champions League match at the Parc des Princes.
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PSG are among the favourites to win the famous competition, with Luis Enrique's side flying at the current moment in time.
As for Villa, they were always going to be underdogs despite everything they've achieved during Emery's time in the dugout.
Speaking after the game, the Spaniard confessed that the match panned out exactly how he'd expected.
But he's also warned PSG that Villa will do everything to make the semi-finals of the competition, despite knowing it will be a huge task.
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"More or less, the expectation I had before the match in 90 minutes happened,” he said.
“The result - 2-1 or 3-1 - is not too different because we have the chance at home next week still being huge challenge for us, but we can feel strong at home with our supporters in Villa Park.
“The match we played today, we needed to adapt to them being strong defensively, playing a very serious match defensively, disciplined, lower than normal.
“Even when we were losing 2-1 we had three approaches in their box - two shots from Morgan Rogers and one from Marco Asensio.
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“We were waiting on our momentum in that moment to be close to a result.
"The last goal we conceded we have to accept it and in our mind it’s not changing a lot because we have to win at home now and we have to score more than one goal.”
While Villa performed well enough against PSG, Enrique's side were ultimately too strong on the night.
Emery is, however, hopeful that playing in front of their own supporters can boost their chances of overturning their first leg deficit at Villa Park next week.
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The Villa boss continued: “They will still be a team that likes to make passes, keeping ball possession and trying to dominate.
“Today we were in medium and low block defending and maybe at home we can change. We can try to have more moments, keeping ball possession and trying to dominate.
“The match we played here we’re going to extend and we’re going to try to get opportunities to come back the result.
“We believe in our supporters, we believe in Villa Park and we believe in our players to get their best performances next week.”
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Meanwhile, in last night's other Champions League quarter-final, Barcelona hammered Borussia Dortmund 4-0.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the 25th minute, with Robert Lewandowski bagging a brilliant brace against his old side.
Teenage sensation Lamine Yamal was also on target.
