Aston Villa are through to the Europa League last 16 already - but with one round of matches to play in the league phase, only two of the other three British sides have a chance of joining them.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery may not believe his team are Premier League title contenders - but he is "dreaming" of Europa League glory after reaching the last 16.

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Nottingham Forest were booed off as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Braga after an incredible 54-second spell in which Morgan Gibbs-White had a penalty saved and Ryan Yates scored an own goal.

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Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Forest were sunk by an awful 54 seconds as Morgan Gibbs-White missed a penalty and skipper Ryan Yates’ promptly scored an own goal at the other end

Forest were without a recognised frontman as they slumped to a damaging 1-0 defeat in the Europa League at Portuguese club Braga.

Nottingham Forest’s first European adventure for almost 30 years was supposed to be a hoot but the mood music that accompanied a slender defeat in Braga felt rather alarming. The fact is Forest failed to perform and a stale display was typified by the chain of errors that culminated in the captain, Ryan Yates, scoring an own goal that proved sufficient to …

In the city which houses the oldest university in the western world, Celtic survived a stern examination to emerge with a prized pass mark.