MISSED PENALTY (Stiliyan Petrov, Villa) Good Lord. Villa eventually do get their spot-kick as Emile Heskey goes down under a challenge from Mario Sonnleitner inside the Rapid box, looks a bit harsh to me, but defender booked. Stiliyan Petrov steps up and his weak kick is saved by Raimund Hedl to his right, with Heskey embarrassingly tapping the ball into the ground and over the bar from the rebound six yards out. That was useless.
GOAL ! Aston Villa 2 Rapid 2 Sonnleitner (agg: 3-3)
How the goal was scored
Rapid goal: And they say lightning doesn't strike twice... A day short of a year after being dumped out at this stage of the Europa League by Rapid, Villa could be going through it all over again here. A corner from the right is flicked on and Mario Sonnleitner's header beats Brad Guzan's despairing dive. As it stands, Rapid are through
I'm going to go through the normal routine of telling myself how its just the Europa League, and how it'll allow us to concentrate on the league but I'm gutted, I really am.
GOAL ! Gartler Aston Villa 2-3 Rapid Vienna (agg: 3-4)
How the goal was scored Rapid goal: This has gone all sorts of wrong for Villa - they now need two to go through. Rapid attack with pace and skill once more down the right and from Christopher Trimmel's cross, sub Rene Gartler arrives at the far post to steer into the net. The Austrians have gone wild.
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