Aston Villa have won nine of their past 10 games across all competitions, while Newcastle have carried on their momentum from winning the Carabao Cup - despite now being without recovering manager Eddie Howe.

They may well become the first Paris St-Germain team to win the Champions League and yet for all that lies ahead of this fine side, their night at Villa Park was 94 minutes when they will have wondered if the old curse might strike again.

Villa’s valiant comeback attempt against PSG in the quarter-finals fell short and it’s unclear whether they’ll be back