McGinn: European glory with Aston Villa would mean everything

“It is Aston Villa,” John McGinn tells Sky Sports. “We don't make things easy for ourselves.” Even so, they are one game away from a European final. “We have given ourselves a little bit of a harder job but we are confident we will still get through.”

That confidence emanating from B6 has waned of late. The one-goal deficit away to Nottingham Forest in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final was one thing. The manner of the Premier League home defeat to Tottenham on Sunday was quite another.