Aston Villa were 75 seconds away from something quite OK, quite satisfactory here. Outplayed, often overwhelmed and always second-best, Unai Emery and his players were in this game at 2-1 down and therefore in this tie as we moved through three minutes of stoppage time.
A one-goal deficit to take back to Villa Park for Tuesday’s second leg would, given the way the game had gone, have bred hope and optimism and a sense of anticipation. There would have been talk of a famous European night in the offing.
But then it all changed.