Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich PLAYER RATINGS: Unai Emery’s King of Chaos Jhon Duran produces a night to remember, Emiliano Martinez provides more brilliance but same old problems blight Harry Kane
Aston Villa secured a historic victory on the return of Champions League football to Villa Park on Wednesday night, beating German giants Bayern Munich 1-0.
Jhon Duran proved he is the King of Chaos for Unai Emery as he scored after coming off the bench once again, netting late on as his side held on for a shock victory, but how did he rate?
Emiliano Martinez, meanwhile, was the star of the show as he came to the rescue late on, and his performance earns him a solid rating from Mail Sport’s TOM COLLOMOSSE at Villa Park.
As for Villa’s opponents, though, it was the same old story for Harry Kane – who grew frustrated in the game – and that’s reflected in his rating.
Read on to see how every player involved in Thursday’s European tie fared in our match ratings.
Jhon Duran (left) came off the bench to score the winning goal for Aston Villa on a historic European night
Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at Villa Park in their first home Champions League match of the season
Bayern huffed and puffed but were unable to break down Villa’s defence on a tough evening for the German club
Aston Villa (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martinez – 8.5
Had little to do in the first half until he leapt to his right to tip Michael Olise’s swerving effort over then made even better stops from Serge Gnabry and Kane late on.
Ezri Konsa – 8
Up against such a tricky customer in Kingsley Coman, Konsa showed what a fine one-on-one defender he is – even though he dislikes playing right back.
Diego Carlos – 6.5
Not many centre backs would choose to face Kane rather than Liam Delap but he had an easier time against the England captain than he did against the Ipswich man last Sunday.
Pau Torres – 7.5
Disappointed to see his goal chalked off for offside, the Spaniard enjoys the European stage, where his occasionally physical fragility is rarely exposed. Fine ball for Duran’s goal.
Lucas Digne – 7
The left back had a good start in both attack and defence though Villa’s high line means no margin for error and there were a couple of hairy moments.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was the star of the show for Villa with two big stops late on
Pau Torres thought he had given Villa the lead in the first half, but his strike was ruled out for offside
Jaden Philogene – 7.5
Emery showed huge trust by starting him over Leon Bailey and Philogene repaid him with a performance of great maturity.
Amadou Onana – 6.5
Had his hands on his knees at one stage in the first half after getting through a huge amount of work in the centre of midfield.
Youri Tielemans – 7.5
Villa’s best player during the early weeks of this season, the Belgian delivered again, with one brilliant spin away from Joshua Kimmich the highlight.
Jacob Ramsey – 6
Switched off by straying offside in the move that meant Torres’ strike was ruled out for offside and then had to come off injured midway through the first half.
Morgan Rogers – 7
Imprecise during the opening exchanges, he nonetheless grew into the game and was soon testing Bayern by picking the ball up deep and charging at their back four.
Ollie Watkins – 6.5
Drew two fouls from Dayot Upamecano that should have seen the Bayern man pick up two bookings. Made sure he used the few chances he had to cause the visitors problems.
Jacob Ramsey switched off in the build up to the disallowed goal before leaving early through injury
Ollie Watkins caused the visitors problems as he led the line once again in Champions League
Substitutes
Leon Bailey (for Ramsey 27) – 5
Gave the ball away twice soon after coming on and was brutally hauled off just 33 minutes later.
Ian Maatsen (for Bailey, 60) – 6
Sent on by Uani Emery to play in front of Digne and shore up Villa’s left-hand side.
Ross Barkley (for Onana, 60) – 6
Onana had put in a huge shift and looked to be struggling when the Englishman replaced him.
Jhon Duran (for Watkins, 70) – 7.5
In front of the future King, it was another night to remember for Villa’s very own King of Chaos.
Manager
Unai Emery – 7
Instructed his team to let Bayern have the ball for the majority of the match and make fast breaks when they regained the ball. It nearly worked.
Duran is Villa’s very own King of Chaos and once again delivered from the substitutes bench
Manager Unai Emery once again showed his magic touch in Europe, this time with Aston Villa
Bayern Munich (3-1-3-3)
Manuel Neuer – 5
One dodgy pass went straight to Digne and had the Villa fans urging their man to shoot from 70 yards. All at sea for Torres’ disallowed goal and nowhere to be seen for Duran’s.
Joshua Kimmich – 7.5
Villa could not come to grips with his passing or movement during the early stage and he remains one of the cleverest players in the European game.
Dayot Upamecano – 6
Struggled to handle Watkins and was lucky not to be sent off, somehow escaping a booking for dragging down the England forward as he tried to race clear.
Kim Min-jae – 6.5
Crucial leap at the far post to stop Watkins heading Villa in front. Solid in defence but perhaps not the ball-playing centre back that Vincent Kompany needs for this style of play.
Manuel Neuer was all at sea for Villa’s disallowed goal and nowhere to be seen for the one that stood
Despite ending up on the losing side Joshua Kimmich showed why he is one of the cleverest players in the game
Aleksandar Pavlovic – 6.5
Required to link defence and midfield when Bayern had the ball and protect his back line when they did not, he did a broadly competent job.
Konrad Laimer – 7
Showed terrific energy down the Bayern right and his direct running often had Villa back-pedalling, though he was less assured when asked to defend.
Michael Olise – 6.5
The former Crystal Palace man found himself on the fringes of the game for the most part though he came so close to putting Bayern in front shortly before half-time.
Alphonso Davies – 6.5
Tried to combine with Coman in the first half but Konsa and Philogene did a fine job on them. Had few problems going the other way.
Michael Olise found himself on the fringes for most of the game but came close to putting his side in front
Serge Gnabry frustrated Kane when he tried to beat Martinez from a tight angel with the England captain waiting
Serge Gnabry – 5.5
With Kane waiting for the tap-in, he tried instead to beat Martinez from a tight angle and blasted into the crowd. Thwarted again by the Argentina star at the end.
Harry Kane – 5.5
Would have expected to cause Torres and Carlos more problems than he did.
Kingsley Coman – 5.5
Never managed to find a way past Konsa and was often forced inside, where he also had little joy. Hooked for Musiala at the interval.
Kane would have hoped to have caused Diego Carlos and Pau Torres more problems than he did back in his homeland
Substitutes
Jamal Musiala (for Coman, 46) – 6
Surprisingly left out of the starting XI, he tried to give Bayern something extra in an attacking midfield role.
Leroy Sane (for Olise, 67) – 6
More of a direct player than Olise, the former Manchester City man gave Digne and Maatsen plenty to think about.
Joao Palhinha (for Pavlovic, 76) – 6
The summer signing from Fulham was asked to perform the same tasks as Pavlovic.
Mathys Tel (for Gnabry, 86)
Leon Goretzka (for Kim, 86)
Vincent Kompany’s side play some fabulous football yet look shaky at the back, particularly from set pieces
Manager
Vincent Kompany – 6
His team play some fabulous football yet they look shaky at the back, particularly from set pieces, and this could stop them going all the way.
Referee
Radu Peterscu (Romania) – 5
Attendance
42,401
