Sky Sports pundit Lee Hendrie was left “baffled” by one thing Lille did to Aston Villa in the Conference League tonight. Unai Emery’s side survived a late second-half scare to secure a 2-1 victory ahead of next week’s quarter-final second leg. Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 13th minute before John McGinn doubled Villa’s lead in the second period. Gabrial Gundmundsson thought he’d halved the deficit, only for his 63rd-minute left-footed finish to be ruled out for a tight offside. However, the visitors did find the back of the net in the 84th minute through Bafode Diakite. Covering the …
