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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery, speaking to TNT Sports: "It was more or less the expectation I had before the match - 2-1 or 3-1.

"We will play at home next week and it will be a huge challenge for us, but we will feel strong at home with our supporters at Villa Park.

"Today, we needed to be disciplined in defence and even when we were losing 2-1, we had three approaches in their box. More or less, we are right in our momentum to be close to a result. The last goal we conceded, we have to accept it.

"Our mind doesn't change a lot - we have to win at home and by more than one goal.

"In the first half, we had three or four chances to get in their box, maybe only one chance to score. We needed to be clinical and we were in the first half, not in the second.

"We believe in our supporters, we believe in Villa Park and that the players can get the best performance next week."

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Former Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock, speaking on MOTD: UEFA Champions League: "Unai Emery's gameplan was interesting because we are used to seeing Villa play with a high line in the Premier League and then he changed it to a deep line at the start of the game.

"It was working, and you are thinking how clever and what great management.

"So, I was surprised that Villa had a slightly different approach in the second half and were a bit more open. I don't know whether that was a message Emery sent out to the players, or if the team have just got caught out a little bit, but it felt like their midfield was not as close to the back four, and the distance grew between their midfield and attack too, so they were a lot more stretched.

"That allowed PSG to counter attack them more, and get behind their defence, compared to the first half when Villa were camped in on the edge of their own box and said to PSG 'come and break us down', and they couldn't - except from a worldie of a goal by Desire Doue.

"It is very easy in hindsight but I just wonder if Emery will look back at this game and wonder if he should have made more changes early on, because his team were so stretched, and bring some more energy and legs in.

"[Aston Villa] will have to go at them [in second leg], which opens up the game for PSG on the break. If Villa were 2-1 down they could stick with the way they played in the first half tonight, knowing they can nick a goal and level the tie.

"PSG will be much happier now because they know they have got a two-goal lead to defend, and they also have this threat on the break. The third goal massively changes the tie, and it is massively in their favour now."

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Aston Villa goalscorer Morgan Rogers, speaking to TNT Sports: "It was difficult. They're a really good team and have stars all over the place.

"It's difficult when you have to defend so much and battle. We did but in the end it was the quality from them and maybe some mistakes from us.

"We knew it would be difficult and knew how deadly they are. We didn't want to just come here and be spectators.

"Obviously the scoreline is not in our favour but we've got another game and we'll try and turn it around.

"We're here for a reason, we're not here to just compete. We want to keep fighting and normally we have the quality to compete with any team in the world.

"There's loads of belief in the changing room. We have nothing to lose, nobody thought we'd win the tie in the first place. Why not just go for it? We've definitely got the quality to turn things around. It's not done yet."

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Aston Villa remain winless away against French opposition in all competitions (D2 L4), with three of those four defeats coming across the past two seasons under Unai Emery.

Meanwhile, Youri Tielemans' assist and Morgan Rogers' goal after 35 minutes were Villa's first touches in the opposition box in the match.

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Aston Villa are involved in Champions League quarter-final action on Wednesday evening and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.

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BBC Radio West Midlands crew are out in Paris to cover tonight's Champions League quarter-final.

They'll be on air at Parc des Princes from 19:00 BST with commentary on 95.6FM, DAB and Freeview channel 714 in the West Midlands.

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The atmosphere is building in Paris as Aston Villa fans travel in their masses to see if the team can cause an upset at the Parc des Princes.

Having already beaten fellow Premier League sides Manchester City in the league phase and Liverpool in the last-16, PSG go into the tie as favourites.

However, Villa finished in the top eight of the new-look league phase of the competition and have a manager in Unai Emery with a rich history in European competition.

Emery's side have already caused one upset in this year's competition when they beat Bayern Munich at Villa Park. They will face a hostile atmosphere in Paris but, in a rich vein of form, they know they have a chance of taking something back home for the second leg in less than a weeks time.

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BBC Radio WM are in Paris for this evening's Champions League tie and have been meeting with supporters.

Fan Ben Crawford has flown over from New York with his American partner especially for the game:

"I led with the few days in Paris and left Aston Villa to the end of the conversation!," he said. "I couldn't miss the opportunity really. Could one once in a lifetime, quarter-finals of the Champions League. I just needed to get over across anyway I could.

"As soon as she said yes to Paris I said 'sweet, by the way there's a football game we need to go to and it's pretty big'. She's all on board.

"We've got the Eiffel Tower booked on Friday, Catacombs booked tomorrow and last minute Disneyland on Saturday.

"It'll be my first game in a couple of years so I just can't wait to hear that Champions League music."

Steve is another Villa fan in town for the quarter-final first leg.

"This is my fifth Villa trip abroad for the Champions League. It's a big commitment and a lot of money too, but 100% worth it. I've had the best times."

"It's been great seeing them do well in the Premier League, but I've been following the Villa since the early 1980s, so it's a great experience doing something a bit different- doing it with your mates as well, who you have been following Villa with all this time.

"It's come at a great time and has been fantastic. Loved every minute of it so far."

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Aston Villa's fans are already starting to arrive in the Paris sunshine around Parc des Princes.

There is a real sense of anticipation and expectation among Villa supporters as they take the next step on their Champions League journey in the quarter-final first leg against Paris St. Germain.

PSG are favourites after beating Manchester City in the new league table format then knocking out Liverpool in the last 16 – but hope lies with their manager and European specialist Unai Emery.

Emery won the Europa League three times in succession with Sevilla and once with Villarreal, who he also took to the Champions League semi-final in 2022.

And his old adversary, PSG coach Luis Enrique, will be wary of Emery's ability to navigate the European stage.

Conditions will be perfect here in Paris and Villa will find out, as Manchester City and Liverpool did before them, that PSG are experts at creating a hostile atmosphere as Emery tries to fashion a result that will give his side hope for the second leg at Villa Park.

Tom: Cannot wait for the match! It's obviously against very tough opposition away from home, but we have hit a rich vein of form and almost everyone has recovered from their injuries so there could not be a better time for us to reach for the stars!

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Marco Asensio has been "brilliant" and has "fitted into the team really well" since his mid-season arrival on loan at Aston Villa, says team-mate Youri Tielemans.

Asensio has scored eight goals and registered one assist in 11 games since making the move from Paris St-Germain - and Uefa rules mean he is eligible to face his parent club in the Champions League quarter-finals.

"He [Asensio] has been brilliant since he came in," Tielemans said before Wednesday's first leg in the Parc des Princes. "He's been working so hard. You can see on the pitch he's making effort for the team defensively and offensively you can just see his class whenever he touches the ball.

"When you look at him, you don't think he's a hard worker in the sense that he's probably more a ball player, but off the ball he does his job really well and that's what we need from every player.

"I remember his first cameo at Villa Park and he was brilliant. He glided through some of the midfielders he came up against. I like him a lot because he works really hard. He's someone who takes responsibility with the ball and tries to pick up spaces. For me that is really good because I can pass him the ball in forward areas.

"He's fitted into the team really well. The system suits him to play just off the striker as a number 10 and to be able to be free to pick up spaces. We can find him through the lines which shows he's a really good player.

"Then, off the pitch he's just a really calm and good guy who works really hard. He's a great player."

Full commentary of Paris St-Germain v Aston Villa on BBC Radio 5 Live from 20:00 GMT

Unai Emery believes Emiliano Martinez is 'getting better at controlling his emotions' ahead of Aston Villa's Champions League quarter-final game at Paris St-Germain.

The Argentina goalkeeper has kept five clean sheets from 10 Champions League appearances so far this season - putting him third behind Arsenal's David Raya (six) and Inter Milan's Yann Sommer (seven).