Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest reach Europa League quarter-finals
Crystal Palace into Conference League last eight
Report: Aston Villa 2-0 Lille (3-0 agg)
Report: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2, 0-3 on penalties)
Report: AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
FT: Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Nottingham Forest went out of the FA Cup on penalties earlier this season to Championship side Wrexham.
The nerves will be jangling here as they go for the Europa League quarter-final.
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
John McGinn floats a ball into the Lille box, but Olivier Giroud, fine after that earlier kick, heads it clear inside his own penalty area.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Petros Ioannou is sent off. Larnaca will play the final few seconds with nine men!
Image source, gettMidtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
After 210 minutes of football across the two legs, these two can not be separated and we're heading to penalties.
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
Douglas Luiz with two well-timed challenges in his own penalty area and luckily for him and for Villa both were spot on.
The second of those challenges catches record France goalscorer Olivier Giroud on the shin after touching the ball first so no penalty, but a sore one for the 39-year-old who won this tournament with Chelsea.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
It's now or never for Nottingham Forest as Ola Aina whips one into the box but no one can latch onto it.
Neco Williams thinks he's been fouled at the back post but the referee, as he has done for much of the game, says no foul.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Now the VAR is checking a potential red card for Petros Ioannou for a challenge on Jean-Philippe Mateta.
I think it's fair to say the referee has lost control of this game.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Four added minutes at the end of the second half in extra time.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Two minutes added on at the end of extra time.
Two minutes to prevent penalties.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Joe Hart
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He just leaned didn't he? Can't believe it. You just see Ryan Yates' left shoulder as he readjusts and plants it in the top corner.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
The decision stands! Offside - no goal!
Forest can not believe it. What a moment that would have been.
Ryan Yates just made his run slightly too early.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Wow. Tense, tense moments here in the 118th minute.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Forest think they have won it at the death!
Ryan Yates heads home from a central area in the box and celebrations begin but the offside flag goes up!
VAR will have a look.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Crystal Palace: Will Hughes replaces Adam Wharton.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
No penalty!
After a bit of confusion from the referee, both sets of player and near enough everyone inside the penalty, the game resumes.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Larnaca want a penalty as they claim the ball struck the hand of Jean‑Philippe Mateta.
It looked like it struck Mateta’s thigh but VAR is checking this one...
Aston Villa 0-0 Lille (agg 1-0)
An optimistic attempt from Lille's Thomas Meunier, but the midfielder, who played under Unai Emery at Paris St-Germain, can only send a difficult dropping volley well over the bar.
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Crystal Palace (agg 1-2)
Referee Oliyar Agayev books a member of both the Lanarca and Palace coaching staff. Not sure why.
Midtjylland 1-2 Nottingham Forest (agg 2-2)
Elliot Anderson goes into the referee's book and he can not believe it.
That means if Forest go through he would miss the first leg of the quarter-final. He looks really annoyed and perhaps that explains the reason why.
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It feels like Nottingham Forest have had their fair share of penalty shootouts recently - five since August 2024!
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Aston Villa’s only previous time hosting Lille in major European competition came in the 2023-24 UEFA Conference League, winning 2-1 in the first leg of a quarter-final tie; the Villans lost 2-1 in the second leg but did eventually progress on penalties.
Lille have never won on nine previous visits to England in major European competition (D1 L8), losing their last seven in a row since a 0-0 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Aston Villa have won each of their last six UEFA Europa League games and the only English team to put together a longer winning streak in the competition are Chelsea between April 2013 and November 2018, an eight-match run which encompassed the 2012-13 final.
Lille have lost six games in the UEFA Europa League this season, their outright most defeats in a major European campaign – they have also lost three of their last four away matches, but did beat Crvena Zvezda 2-0 in the previous round.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins will be looking to score in back-to-back major European appearances for the first time since April 2024, when the second goal came against Lille in the UEFA Conference League; four of the Englishman’s last five goals in Europe have come in the knockout stages, with Lille one of two sides he has netted more than once against (also AZ).
