Goals from Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendia and John McGinn’s quickfire double earned victory and booked their place in the Istanbul final on May 20.

Villa are up against it heading into the second leg of their all-English Europa League semi-final, trailing 1-0 from last week’s first leg.

Goals from Gallagher and Richarlison secured a 2-1 win over Aston Villa that lifted Tottenham out of the Premier League relegation zone.

Spurs climbed out of the relegation zone with Sunday’s win at Aston Villa.

After being 3-1 up at one point, home side edges thrilling 4-3 verdict at Villa Park.

Villa eased to a 4-0 win against Bologna at Villa Park, securing a 7-1 victory on aggregate.

Goals from Ollie Watkins, Emi Buendia, Morgan Rogers and Ezri Konsa earned the hosts a 4-0 second-leg win.

Ezri Konsa was also on target for Villa.

Watkins saw his World Cup dreams suffer a big blow when he was left out of Thomas Tuchel’s squad for this month’s friendlies with Uruguay and Japan.

Goals from John McGinn and Leon Bailey sealed victory.

Villa scored the only goal in the 62nd minute of the first leg of their last-16 match.

The Blues came from behind to ease to victory over Unai Emery’s team.

Anton Stach’s free-kick looked like giving Leeds a precious victory.

With VAR not in use until the next round, Kavanagh and his team appeared to get at least three major decisions incorrect.

Villa move back within six points of Arsenal in the title race and a step closer to securing a place in the Champions League next season.

Tammy Abraham’s second-half strike was chalked off after a three-minute check at Villa Park.

The English team clinched a place in the top two with victory having trailed RB Salzburg 2-0 on Thursday night.

The hosts hit back to see off RB Salzburg.

Jadon Sancho opened the scoring in the 25th minute.

Villa’s impressive European record went to new heights as they earned a sixth win from their seven matches this season.

Villa could have climbed above Manchester City and cut the gap on leaders Arsenal to four points with victory.

Villa could have cut the gap on leaders Arsenal with victory at fortress Villa Park but they were undone by Thierno Barry’s second-half strike.

More than 700 police officers were on duty for the Europa League clash on Thursday amid concerns over potential disorder.

The visitors struggled to break down their hosts, who had Ezri Konsa sent off.

Emery’s side beat Fulham on Saturday.

Paris St Germain came from behind to take a two-goal lead into next week’s quarter-final second leg.

The recent arrivals combined to turn defeat into victory for Aston Villa against Chelsea on Saturday.

Watkins scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

The Egyptian took his goal contributions to 39 in just 26 Premier League games, with 24 goals and 15 assists.

Palmer pulled off a string of saves to frustrate the hosts.

The forward capitalised on a defensive error from the visitors.

Villa have not won in six games.

Since Emery’s appointment in October 2022, Villa have gone from relegation candidates to top of the Champions table.

The 26-year-old Brazilian midfielder made over 150 appearances for the Premier League club.

Unai Emery’s side will rub shoulders with Europe’s elite for the first time in 41 years.

Duran climbed off the bench to score twice in four minutes and put Villa on the brink of qualification to Europe’s premier club competition.

Villa looked to be consolidating fourth position thanks to goals either side of half-time from Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers.

James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min and Timo Werner all scored in a 4-0 win.

Unai Emery’s men remained in touch with the top four with their latest victory at Villa Park.