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Cole Palmer sends two-word message to Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers after win over Young Boys
Aston Villa contested their first European top-tier competition match for 41 years on Tuesday night as they took on Switzerland’s Young Boys in the Champions League.
It couldn’t have gone any bett♚er for🌸 Unai Emery’s charges, as they ran out 3-0 winners in Bern.
Villa’s opener came on 27 minutes as Lucas Digne played a corner short to John McGinn, who in turn looped the ball deep for Youri Tieleman♑s to fire in at the far post.
The Villans then added a second shortly before the break through Jacob Ramsey, who applied the finiꦓshing touch in the 38th minute after a goalmouth scrambl🅷e.
Villa were rampant and could have been three goals up by the break, but Ollie Watkins’ effort was ruled out be💖cause of a con🍸troversial handball decision.
Jhon Duran then had the ball in the back of the net on 78 minutes,ꦓ but this was also ruled out because of a handball, this time from Amadou Onana.
However, Onana madꦫe amends by converting Villa’s third in the 87th minute, a long-range effort into the bottom corner of the hosts’ net.
‘My boy’: Chelsea’s Cole Palmer hails Aston Villa ace Morgan Rogers
All in all, it was a great result on a great day for all th🌠ose con♚nected with Villa, and their players received widespread praise by their peers.
For instance, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer was one of those who lauded Morgan Rogers, who delivered 🌸a su🗹perb performance against Young Boys.
Rogers wrote on Instagram: “I used to pray for times like this. My Champions League de🍌but.”
And Palmer wrote in the comments: “My boy.”
The likes of Youri﷽ Tielemans, Matty Cash, Aaron Ramsey, Diego Carlos and Ezriꦐ Konsa also praised Rogers.
Arsenal’s Declan Riꦜce, meanwhil✤e, was among those who praised Villa’s Ezri Konsa after the game.
Rogers’ impressive stats on the night
As per , Rogers clocked up some impressive s𒁃tats on the night.
He made four key passes, completed four ꧟dribbles and wo💜n five ground duels and two aerial duels.
What did the media say about Rogers?
The gave Rogers a 7 out of 10 for his efꦑforts on ౠthe night.
‘Rogers played a fantastic ball into Watkins’ path in the 29th minute, but the striker couldn’t get a clean 💝connection on his strike,’ they wrote.
‘Six minutes later, Rogers was prob꧒♐ably too unselfish when he tried to find Watkins in the box instead of shooting with his left foot.’
Meanwhile, went with an 8 out of 10 rating.
‘Unplayabl🍰e when driving forward on the ball, creating so many opportunities and showing off countless nice touches,’ they wrote.
‘Needed to be more se💞lfish on a couple of occasions, however, as he tried to square to Watkins but could’ve had a go himself.’
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What next for Aston Villa?
Villa are next in action on Saturday 21 September, and they’ll be contestin🤡g a West Midlands derby🎶.
Emery’s chꦚarges host Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3pm Premier League kick-off at Villa Park.