Aston Villa booked their place in the Europa League last 16 with an action-packed 1-0 win away to Fenerbahce, which concluded with head coach Unai Emery shoving his own midfielder Youri Tielemans, Sky Sports reported.
Jadon Sancho's first-half header - his first goal for Villa - ultimately clinched it, although the winger could easily have had two more, Matty Cash hit a post, while Marco Bizot pulled off some super saves at the other end, and both Villa and Fenerbahce saw goal celebrations cut short by VAR checks.
Dramatically, Kerem Akturkoglu's strike on 75 minutes, which sent the home fans wild and looked to have boosted Fenerbahce's own qualification hopes, was ruled out for an offside in the build-up by former Villa striker Jhon Duran. They are now heading for the play-offs.
Villa will avoid those extra two games, though. They are level on points at the top of the standings with Lyon, who won their penultimate fixture too, and have guaranteed a top-eight finish ahead of their final league phase game at home to RB Salzburg next week.
Villa's sixth win in seven Europa League games this season was some way for Unai Emery to mark his 100th match managing a team in this competition. His prospects of a fifth triumph in the Europa League - and a return to Istanbul for the final - remain very much alive.
