Passing into the mouth of danger once and being bitten early did not scare Villa away from their desire to play the same way. When passes were crisp and accurate, they broke through Monaco lines, with Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey all having shooting opportunities.

Aston Villa miss the chance to all but secure their place in the Champions League knockouts as they were beaten by Monaco at Stade Louis II.

Moments later, the hosts scored the only goal of the game. A mistake from Tyrone Mings lead to a corner where Thilo Kehrer headed a powerful shot towards goal and despite Emi Martínez making a fine reaction save, Wilfried Singo headed home from close range.

Aston Villa missed the chance to all but secure their place in the Champions League knockouts as they were beaten by Monaco at Stade

Going into the penultimate matchday of their Champions League group stage campaign, Monaco had been winless since the turn of the year. Their ongoing crisis had found its root in a late collapse at

Aston Villa's Champions League qualification fate will go down to the final league phase match after they lost 1-0 at Monaco. Unai Emery's side could have put one foot in the last 16 had they emerged from the Principality with victory,

AS Monaco edged out Aston Villa 1-0 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday with an early goal from Wilfried Singo as the Ligue 1 side secured their first victory of the year. Monaco snapped a four-game winless run in all competitions and are amongst the seeded playoff spots in the 36-team Champions League table with 13 points.

Aston Villa are facing a potentially pivotal ‘Battle of Britain’ as they bid to secure an automatic place in the Champions League round of 16.