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Aston Villa beat Lille on penalties after Matty Cash scored a late goal to level to Europa Conference League quarter-final tie.

Against the odds, Unai Emery's side book their place in the Europa Conference League semi-finals.

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Make no mistake, this was a sub-par performance from the tournament favourites at the Stade Pierre Mauroy.



The team that sucker punched Premier League title-chasing Arsenal on Sunday looked to have left their guile in north London.

They were not deserving of victory, though, as they were outplayed for the majority of the second leg in France, but as has been the case time and again, Emi Martínez provided the heroics in the shoot-out.

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West Ham's struggles to stay in the Premier League that same summer, after they had returned cap-in-hand to sheepishly ask David Moyes if he would come back for a second spell, seem much further away.

The scale of what he has achieved since makes that time feel barely recognisable

Xabi Alonso took the Bayer Leverkusen job when they were second from bottom in the Bundesliga in October 2022.

Now, having won the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, he stands on the brink of more silverware

Leverkusen excelled in the second half, epitomised by the impact of Frimpong, when their unbeaten run was on the line.

His late equaliser extended that record to 44 in all competitions while it was the ninth goal a Leverkusen substitute has scored in the Europa League this season - the most of any club this term
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