Champions League Debrief: Brilliant away wins for Arsenal and Aston Villa

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Arsenal and Aston Villa both achieved great victories away from home in the first legs of their last-16 ties in the Champions League.

Mikel Arteta's side thumped PSV Eindhoven 7-1, while Villa beat Club Brugge 3-1 in Belgium.

Kelly Cates presents reaction to both games, with Senior Football Reporter Ian Dennis alongside Chris Sutton at the Philips Stadion.

Former England midfielder Andros Townsend also joins to provide his insight, before the podcast concludes by looking ahead to Wednesday night's 5 Live commentary game between Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool in the French capital.

TIMECODES:

00:40 - PSV 1-7 Arsenal 15:55 - Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa 20:15 - PSG v Liverpool

BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League commentaries this week:

Wed 5 Mar - 20:00 - Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League on 5 Live Thu 6 Mar - 17:30 - Real Sociedad v Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League on 5 Live Sat 8 Mar - 15:00 - Liverpool v Southampton in the Premier League on 5 Live Sat 8 Mar - 17:30 - Brentford v Aston Villa in the Premier League on 5 Live Sun 9 Mar - 14:00 - Chelsea v Leicester City in the Premier League on 5 Live Sun 9 Mar - 16:30 - Manchester United v Arsenal in the Premier League on 5 Live

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0:00.0	he was one of the most enigmatic owners in football
0:04.4	can you describe Vladimir Romanoff in one word mysterious
0:07.7	his roller coaster reign of hearts had incredible highs
0:11.7	heart made by Wengold O'Nell and remarkable lows
0:15.4	he fires the coach right there on the bus in front of all the team
0:19.1	so who was Vladimir Romanov?
0:21.8	And where is he now?
0:22.9	If you gave this storyline to a Hollywood filmmaker,
0:25.8	get rejected too incredulous.
0:28.3	I'm Martin Geisler,
0:29.6	and this is Romanov, Tsar of Hearts.
0:32.4	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:35.6	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.1	On the Football Daily Podcasts, the debrief with Kelly Kitts, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:48.1	Seven up for Arsenal in the Champions League and plenty of Fizz in their performance.
0:52.5	A 7-1 victory against PSV in
0:55.1	Eindhoven in the first leg of their last 16 tie. Also a great night for Aston Villa. They were
1:00.8	three-one winners at Club Rouge. But we'll start at the Phillips Stadium for reaction to Arsenal's
1:06.1	victory, therefore as Chris Sutton and our senior football reporter Ian Dennis.
1:10.9	Deno, where on earth did the goals come from for Arsenal?
1:14.4	Well, they came from everywhere Kelly and a stat from Opta.
1:17.5	Arsenal, the first side to score seven goals away from home
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