An echo of the greatest night in Aston Villa’s history and the clearest note above all the clamour was of a hopeful future under Unai Emery, who oversaw the defeat of a modern giant of European football at Villa Park at the first time of asking.

Aston Villa wrote another page of their European history on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Bayern Munchen to make it two wins from a possible two in the UEFA Champions League for the Villans. Substitute Jhon Duran came on with 20 minutes to go having already scored four times off the bench already this season to secure the three points at Villa Park with an instinctive finish past Manuel Neuer.