It was a snug evening for Villa.
Aston Villa cruised into the semi-finals of the Europa League as they eased previous Bologna 4-0 to finish an 7-1 combination triumph within the final eight.
Villa lined up for his or her house leg in a commanding place following their 3-1 triumph in Italy, secured by a double from Ollie Watkins.
It was Watkins who primarily put the tie past doubt within the sixteenth minute together with his a hundredth Villa purpose.
Morgan Rogers then noticed a penalty saved, however Emi Buendia made the combination scoreline much more emphatic 44 seconds later, earlier than Rogers atoned for his miss.
Ezri Konsa added a late fourth for Villa, who will face Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest within the final 4.
Aston Villa via to final 4
Bologna had made a comparatively vibrant begin, however their hopes had been primarily extinguished when Rogers’ low cross was turned house by Watkins.
Rogers then noticed a curling effort saved out by Federico Ravaglia, earlier than the goalkeeper denied the identical man from 12 yards after Martin Vitik was penalised for handball following a VAR evaluation.
However Bologna switched off from the ensuing throw-in and Buendia took benefit as he latched onto Lucas Digne’s throw and snuck a near-post effort below Ravaglia.
Additional gloss was added to the combination scoreline as Rogers ended his 11-game purpose drought, repeating the trick of Buendia in beating Ravaglia at his close to submit.
Bologna had been improved within the second half however their efforts had been with out reward, and Konsa fired house on the flip from a nook so as to add the ending touches to an outstanding evening for Villa.
