Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was seen celebrating with Olympiakos fans at the Aston Villa ground.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was among the visiting fans as Olympiakos recorded a huge 4-2 victory over Aston Villa.

Olympiakos dealt a heavy blow to Aston Villaof winning the Europa Conference League, as they achieved victory at Villa Park in the first leg of the semi-final.

Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick and a deflected shot by Santiago Hezze allowed the Greek team to score four with Olivia Watkins and Moussa Diaby scored for the locals.

The visitors were left roaring at their incredibly loud visiting support with one Villa Park end drowned in red and white.

And celebrating among themselves was Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis, who is also the president of Olympiakos.

He was seen almost jumping on the visiting field after the game ended as fans serenaded and cheered him on, high-fiving fans and receiving hugs.

It is not difficult to understand why something like this happened: the Greek fans were also so happy after a masterful performance against Unai EmeryThe men.

The Super League team took a two-goal lead thanks to El Kaabi, who completed his hat-trick after Villa came back from 2-2 down thanks to Watkins and Diaby.

Hezze then dealt a fatal blow late in the match when his shot deflected off Ezri Konsa and caught Robin Olsen on the wrong foot before Douglas Luiz hit the post from a penalty.

It gives Villa an almighty hill to climb when they travel to Piraeus, whose coach José Luis Mendilibar is another Basque manager who won the Europa League with Sevillejust like Emery.

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The Villa manager was not happy with his team after the first leg defeat, although he praised Olympiakos saying: “Congratulations.

“We didn't play the way we are playing. We need to remain consistent. They deserved to win. They are a good team. They have experience.

“It's not about luck. We didn't play well. We have to play better. They deserved to win.”

However, Villa will face Brighton on Sunday as they continue to fight to stay in the top four. Chelsea gave them a boost with victory over Tottenham, fifth placed on Thursday night.

Meanwhile, Olympiakos has the weekend off with its league campaign concluded and in the playoff phase, as Emery told his players: “Get ready for the game next Thursday. Try to play better, compete better.”