Despite winning the second leg John Gregory’s Villa are knocked out of the UEFA Cup at the Quarter Final stage courtesy of conceding an Atlético goal at Villa Park.

Julian Joachim contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (20 Starts) to make it W15 D10 L26, 9 Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.10 games played so far in his Villa career.

Villa face Atlético Madrid for the first time in competitive football, Atlético become the 139th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 25th continental European opponents and their fourth from Spain following meetings with Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruña in previous campaigns.

Villa concede at the Estadio Metropolitano as John Gregory leads the team in a Quarter Final of the UEFA Cup in only his second game in charge.

The concession is Mark Bosnich’s concedes his 200th in a Villa shirt on his 201st appearance (200 Starts) to make it W87 D50 L64, 200 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game and 77 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, Bosnich faces a bombardment of batteries in disgraceful scenes from the home supporters in Madrid.

Off the pitch, Stan Collymore opens up on claims of racist abuse from Liverpool players last time out at Anfield.