Youri Tielemans put in a commanding performance for Aston Villa as they came away with a valuable 3-1 first-leg victory in Belgium.

Former Aston Villa defender Micah Richards praised Unai Emery's side for executing a number of threatening transitions in the 1-0 win over Brentford. Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the game in the 49th minute,

Paul Merson gives his verdict on three of Aston Villa's in-form players, namely Marco Asensio, Marcus Rashford and Youri Tielemans.

Opponents Brentford are winless in their last five Premier League games against Villa, having gone unbeaten in the preceding eight. They won seven of their opening eight league home matches this season but are now winless in the last six, drawing two and losing four.