UCL: Aston Villa rout Fenerbahce to end home woes

Aston Villa routed Fenerbahce to secure their first home win of the season with a dominant display in the Champions League.

Nicolas Jackson’s double and Johan Manzambi’s opener put the hosts in control before the break in front of the watching Prince William.

Ross Barkley’s struck a second-half penalty and netted a deflected effort to put the gloss on a result before Tammy Abraham’s late goal sealed Villa’s biggest European victory.

Victory at home to Viking next week would put Unai Emery’s side on course to qualify from the league phase, having already beaten Club Brugge in their European opener.

Manzambi celebrated his 21st birthday when his deflected effort wrong-footed Ederson and dropped in after 12 minutes and Jackson doubled the lead with a low finish 19 minutes later.

Villa needed Zion Suzuki to save twice from Vedat Muriqi and he tipped Oguz Aydin’s strike on to the bar but the poor visitors were too fragile in defence.

Jackson added a second before the break, seizing on slack defending after Barkley won the ball on the edge of the area, to score his fourth goal in three games.

The striker was denied a hat-trick when Barkley scored from the spot with 22 minutes left after Manzambi was tripped by Ismail Yuksek.

Barkley then added a fifth when his strike from the edge of the box was deflected in and Abraham tapped in late to complete the thrashing.