Aston Villa made a stylish return to Europe's elite with a 3-0 win at Swiss side Young Boys in their first Champions League game in 41 years.
Villa boss Unai Emery urged his team to take three points in Bern as tribute to the club's former striker Gary Shaw, who died Monday aged 63 after a fall.
Shaw was a key member of the Villa side that shocked Bayern Munich in the 1982 European Cup final.
A picture of Shaw celebrating Peter Withe's winner against Bayern adorns Villa's training ground. Players wore black armbands during the match in his memory.
Youri Tielemans opened the scoring against Young Boys clad in the No 8 shirt that Shaw made his own at Villa.
Jacob Ramsey bagged Villa's second goal before the interval and Amadou Onana added the third as Emery's men eased to a victory four decades in the making.
"We want to dedicate this victory to Gary Shaw, his family and all of the Aston Villa family," Emery said.
"Forty-two years ago they achieved winning the Champions League. We want to try and follow what that team achieved."
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Aston Villa's Amadou Onana, left, vies with Cedric Ittens. REUTERS
