Psg Survive Aston Villa Scare To Reach Champions League Semis

Paris Saint-Germain survived a second half onslaught to beat Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate and reach the Champions League semi-finals despite a 3-2 defeat on Tuesday.

The French champions were cruising towards the last four when full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes struck in the first 27 minutes to add to their 3-1 first leg lead.

Youri Tielemans pulled a goal back for the English side before half-time and two goals in two minutes from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa transformed the tie early in the second period.

PSG were thankful to goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma for keeping Unai Emerys men at bay and preventing another famous collapse in the Champions League knockout stages.

Villa boss Emery was in charge of PSG when Luis Enriques Barcelona overturned a 4-0 first leg deficit with a dramatic 6-1 win in 2017.