Aston Villa supporters were left buzzing on Thursday night after witnessing one of the club’s most dramatic European comebacks, as Unai Emery’s side overturned a two-goal deficit to beat RB Salzburg 3-2 and book a direct place in the Europa League Round of 16.
As reported by SoftFootball, Villa looked in serious trouble after Karim Konate and Moussa Yeo fired Salzburg into a 2-0 lead, but the response from the hosts was pure chaos in the best possible way.
The win, Villa’s seventh in eight league phase games and fifth straight in the competition, confirmed second place behind Lyon and kept alive Emery’s ambition of a deep European run, something he has spoken about openly this season.
SoftFootball recently highlighted how the Villa boss believes this squad can genuinely push for the Europa League title, and nights like this only strengthen that belief.
On social media, Villa fans poured out their emotions in real time, trying to process how a match that felt lost suddenly turned electric. Murdocke, clearly reacting in disbelief and pride at the turnaround, summed up the collective feeling of the fanbase after watching Villa roar back from 2-0 down.
He wrote:
2-0 down then to go and win 3-2! This Villa team is unreal! UTV!!.
Odunayo Adebusuyi focused on the speed and madness of the comeback itself, pointing out how quickly Villa flipped the game on its head and embracing the chaos that followed.
He posted:
From 0-2 to 3-2 in 22 minutes… unreal! Pure chaos. Love it, welldone comeback kings.
Some supporters took a more measured view, praising individual performances while acknowledging the rocky start. Steve & Bara highlighted the impact of the younger players and Tyrone Mings’ recovery after a difficult first half.
As shared:
The young lads were excellent – as was Harvey Elliott. Fair play to Mings for making up for his shocker in the first half. UTV.
Unsurprisingly, much of the excitement centred on 19-year-old Jimoh-Aloba, who marked his debut with the winning goal. Steve Rowbotham, clearly caught up in the moment and dreaming big, didn’t hold back on expectations.
He wrote:
Jimoh aloba he is the next 100 million player I guarantee it what a player and what a comeback utfv.
Not every reaction was blind celebration, though. Kieran Bassinder acknowledged Villa made life harder than necessary before eventually getting the job done.
He posted:
really made it difficult for ourselves but at least we got the result.
Beyond the joy, there is a small note of concern after Ollie Watkins’ early hamstring exit, with doubts hanging over his availability for the weekend. Still, with squad depth boosted by the loan return of Douglas Luiz, as covered by SoftFootball, Villa fans will head into Sunday hopeful and proud.
