Aston Villa 1-2 PSG (Agg: 2-5)
52. Rashford almost smuggles one over the line!
Hakimi and Marquinhos, perplexed by a spin inside the area, miss the opportunity to clear, and that allows the ball to travel through to the Manchester United loanee.
Rashford looks favourite to score until Donnarumma dives off his line to block.
Aston Villa 1-2 PSG (Agg: 2-5)
48. A half-chance for the hosts at the start of the second period.
McGinn plays in Digne on the overlap, and then continues his run to meet the cross with a glancing header over Donnarumma’s crossbar.
Kick-off – Aston Villa 1-2 PSG (Agg: 2-5)
46. Forty-five minutes don’t come much bigger than this.
For Aston Villa, away from Europe’s top table for long, they must end here with no regrets. They have to leave everything out on the pitch.
There are no changes to report as of yet, but expect plenty throughout the second half.
From Graeme Bryce at Villa Park
Villa looked dead and buried when Nuno Mendes fired PSG two in front to open up a massive 5-1 aggregate lead.
But Youri Tielemans’ deflected goal has shown there is still a flicker of life in Villa yet – even if the patient remains in a critical condition.
Villa need another shot in the arm by grabbing the first goal of the second half if they are to stand any chance of hauling back the three goals they need to take the tie to extra-time.
Unai Emery will need to gamble and I’d expect to see Ollie Watkins and Marco Asensio sooner rather than later.
But PSG are so lethal on transition it looks like an impossible task for Villa to turn this tie on its head.
PSG have had three shots on goal and two of them have ended up in Villa’s net – that’s the kind of clinical finishing which leads to teams lifting trophies!
First half facts and figures
Aston Villa had 21 touches in the opposition’s box in the first half, their most in the opening 45 minutes of a Champions League match this season.
Their four in the first half of their first leg match vs PSG was their joint-lowest.
