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Aston Villa energy 'just disappeared'

Morgan Rogers reacts during match
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Pundit and former footballer Pat Nevin, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was tiredness for me. They did not look like the Aston Villa that I have watched at various points this season.

"There are one or two players who looked fabulous early on this season and last season, like [Morgan] Rogers, like Leon Bailey, but they are looking like a shadow of their former selves now.

"If you are going to go get away wins in the Champions League, you need a little bit more than that.

"I have some sympathy for Villa because they tried everything they could after that goal and they looked really good at one point.

"But that edge and energy that we associate with them when they are at their very best, it just disappeared. As the game went on, it looked less and less likely that they would get back into it.

"A real disappointment for Aston Villa. In the wider sense, the next game, they win the next game against Celtic, they have still got a chance of going through in the top eight.

"It has still been a good campaign for them, even if it wasn't in this moment."