Morgan Rogers urged Aston Villa to go for the jugular against Paris Saint-Germain next week to keep alive their dreams of reaching the Champions League semi-finals.
With the Prince of Wales in the stands, Rogers gave Villa a shock lead in the French capital before stunning strikes either side of half-time from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia put PSG in the driving seat.
Nuno Mendes’ stoppage-time goal makes PSG strong favourites to reach the last four.
But ahead of Tuesday’s second leg at Villa Park, Rogers insisted Unai Emery’s men have the quality to turn the tie around.
‘There is loads of belief in the changing room,’ said Rogers, who now has 13 goals this season.
‘We have nothing to lose. Nobody thought we’d win the tie in the first place. Why not just go for it? We’ve definitely got the quality to turn things around. It’s not done yet.
Morgan Rogers believes Aston Villa can overturn their 3-1 deficit in next week’s second leg
Villa boss Unai Emery was also upbeat about his team’s chances of victory at Villa Park
Rogers had given Villa a shock lead, but the defence could not hold out as PSG earned a 3-1 win
‘We’re here for a reason, we’re not here to just compete. We want to keep fighting and normally we have the quality to compete with any team in the world.
‘Obviously the scoreline is not in our favour but we’ve got another game and we’ll try and turn it around.
‘We knew it would be difficult and knew how deadly they are. We didn’t want to just come here and be spectators.
‘It was difficult. They’re a really good team and have stars all over the place. It’s difficult when you have to defend so much and battle.
‘We did that but in the end it was about the quality from them and maybe some mistakes from us.’
Villa boss Unai Emery added: ‘The third goal doesn’t change a load. At 2-1 we still needed to win the second leg and now it’s the same.
‘The timing of the goal is disappointing but I am proud of the players and how we are developing.
‘Villa Park is our home. Hopefully we can feel stronger there and try to have more moments than we had today.’
