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John McGinn’s goal against Lille in the Europa Conference League meant a lot to one Aston Villa man. Villa arguably had their biggest game of the season on Thursday night. Villa Park hosted Lille in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final tie. Unai Emery’s side are favourites to win the tournament and finally end their trophy drought. While they made hard work of it, Villa managed to end the night with a slender 2-1 advantage to take to France. Ollie Watkins netted an early opener before McGinn drilled in the second. Lille managed to get one back late on, however, it was …

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