Villa 2 Bologna 0: McGinn and Duran fire Emery’s side to top of Champions League table with perfect three out of three

VILLA'S longest serving subordinate John McGinn was the oldest swinger successful municipality arsenic his wicked free-kick broke Bologna.

The Scot's perfectly flighted transportation was missed by Jhon Duran and Ross Barkley.

But overmuch much importantly it was missed by the Bologna defence, including goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski.

After helping Villa backmost to the Premier League, McGinn has done the hard rounds and deserved his glorious moment. 

Jhon Duran, trusted up of Ollie Watkins, repaid Unai Emery's religion successful him, adding a 2nd to enactment Villa successful casual street.

Maximum points aft 9 games and not a extremity conceded yet.

Euro adept Emery is making this look each truthful easy!

You tin ne'er impeach the Spaniard of not having immense Cajones.

He stepped down England ace - and play scorer against Fulham - Ollie Watkins.

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And replaced him with Colombian kid striker Jhon Duran who was handed lone his 2nd commencement of the play - 1 period aft his erstwhile 1 successful the Carabao Cup against WYCOMBE! 

It was Emery's reward for Duran's stunning victor from the seat against Bayern Munich past clip retired successful Europe.

The burning question was could large Jhon bash it from the start?

There was a instrumentality excessively for Villa skipper John McGinn, who made his archetypal commencement since helium damaged his hamstring against Wolves past month.

However it would person been absorbing to observe the Scot's thoughts astir being welcomed by a immense Tifo of Three snarling Lions draped from the Holte End! 

Any thoughts that Villa would beryllium forced to interruption down a broad Bologna defence were swiftly dispelled.

Because the visitors were archetypal to spell for extremity wrong 2 minutes.

Skipper Sam Beukema caught retired Ezri Konsa with a raking walk retired of defence to merchandise winger Dan Ndoye.

The Swiss planetary pulled the shot backmost to Kacper Urbanski but the Pole sliced his changeable weakly wide from the borderline of the box.

Vincenzo Italiano's men person lone managed 1 constituent from their opening 2 games and astir apt felt they needed to permission present with 3 points to debar becoming also-rans.

And no-one astatine Villa Park was complaining arsenic the play raged from extremity to extremity similar a hoops match.

Villa forced a drawstring of aboriginal corners and escaped kicks arsenic Youri Tielemans pinned Bologna backmost astir their ain punishment area.

Pau Torres was crowded retired astatine the receptor station and Skorupski frantically fisted wide nether unit from Duran. 

But Bologna were menacing connected the interruption and Martinez bushed retired a fierce effort from Dallinga aft much superb physique up enactment from Ndoye.

The World's No.1 past had to get down debased to smother a changeable connected the tally from Riccardo Orsolini, who was past snuffed retired astatine the backpost by Ian Maatsen.

The Italian winger was past booked for a foul connected Maatsen arsenic this brace fought and scratched for each inch of turf.

McGinn tested Skorupski with a debased changeable which the Pole successful goal, palmed distant astatine afloat agelong earlier Dallinga snatched astatine a chance, firing consecutive astatine Martinez.

It was high-octane worldly and Villa ended the archetypal fractional by carving retired 2 large chances for Morgan Rodgers.

However his archetypal effort flew a fraction wide from 20 yards, earlier Skorupski defied him with an outstrtched close boot, erstwhile the Villa antheral mightiness person been amended disconnected dinking the 'keeper.

Emery sent connected Ross Barkley for Amadou Onana astatine the interruption portion Orsini made mode for Jens Odgaard for Bologna.

But the gait accrued if anything!

Lykogiannis was booked for leaving 1 connected Leon Bailey earlier Konsa nodded a Maatsen transverse down for Bailey who swept his changeable agonisingly wide.

But Bologna deed backmost and Stefan Posch added adjacent much spice with a sizzler which flew conscionable wide.

Tensions were moving precocious and Remo Freuler was booked for a foul connected Konsa which sent Bologna berserk arsenic they claimed Konsa had fouled Fabbian seconds earlier.

Even Emery was getting heated arsenic helium fell retired with Vicenzo Italiano earlier making up with a sporting handshake.

But Italiano was cursing the Spaniard agin seconds aboriginal arsenic Villa deed his broadside with a quickfire double.

From the resultant escaped footwear McGinn swept successful a curling delivery, Barkley and Duran failed to link and the shot curled beyond Skorupski and successful astatine the acold post.

Cue a Holte End frenzy arsenic McGinn was swamped by his celebrating teammates.

VAR checked for a imaginable handball against Barkley but thing amiss was found.

Villa sniffed humor and killed Bologna disconnected 9 minutes later.

Rogers delivered a delicious transverse and Duran thrust retired a limb to bushed his Columbian planetary teammate Jhon Lucumi to divert the shot beyond Skorupski. 

It was the 20-year-old's last interaction of the crippled earlier helium was replaced by Ollie Watkins successful a triple substitution.

For reasons champion known to him helium threw his toys retired of the pram, punching his spot aft helium was replaced.

But Villa volition unrecorded with the tantrums due to the fact that the kid is simply a star!