Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa result, stats and report

Club Brugge were ruthless where it mattered, beating Lens 3-0 in the Champions League despite being outshot and outpossessed for large spells. Lens created chances and wasted them. Brugge took theirs. End of.

Johan Manzambi's first-half header was enough for Aston Villa to take all three points at Newcastle, as the hosts managed just one shot on target in a flat and toothless performance.

Aston Villa dismantled Fenerbahçe 6-0 at Villa Park in the UEFA Champions League, with Nicolas Jackson scoring twice in the first half and Ross Barkley adding a penalty and a goal after the break to complete a statement European night.

Club Brugge produced one of the upsets of the Champions League group stage, beating Inter 4-3 in Milan with Nicolò Tresoldi scoring twice and Romeo Vermant adding a late fourth. Inter threw 30 shots at the Brugge goal and still lost. That tells you everything.

Aston Villa host Fulham at Villa Park on Saturday evening looking to reassert themselves in front of their own supporters. Fulham arrive with a point to prove but a recent record that offers Villa genuine encouragement.

PSV Eindhoven host Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday 4 November, with both sides needing a result badly. The thing is, one of them looks a lot more capable of getting it right now.

Jamie Carragher says Youri Tielemans' struggles at Manchester United are a symptom of Michael Carrick's lack of compactness, not a form slump, a theory that looks vindicated after Gary Neville's pre-match warning and United's 2-0 Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid.