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Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge: 'Reinvigorated' Asensio ready for PSG - BBC Sport

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Marco Asensio's Paris St-Germain career has been forgettable - but he now has the chance to make them remember his name.

The 29-year-old can face his parent club in their Champions League quarter-final showdown against Aston Villa next month, after moving from Parc des Princes to Villa Park on loan in February.

His second-half double in Wednesday's 3-0 second-leg win over Club Brugge in the last 16 puts him on a collision course with PSG, who beat Liverpool on penalties on Tuesday.

Uefa rules state clubs cannot apply "any influence whatsoever over the players that another club may (or may not) field in a match" - meaning PSG's Champions League dream could end at the hands of their own player.

A move to Villa has reinvigorated him, and only PSG's Ousmane Dembele (eight) has scored more goals in Europe's big five leagues across all competitions than Asensio since his debut for Villa last month (seven).

Those goals have come in eight games - three in the last-16 tie against Club Brugge - with the Spain attacking midfielder willing to wait before focusing on his return to Paris.

He said: "[I'm] very comfortable. Very happy with the team-mates, the fans and the city. In one or two weeks, we have time to think about this [PSG] game.

"In every match, the atmosphere is top. We want more. Now we have a little break and to think about the upcoming objectives.

"I like to score there [the Holte End]. We're adapting to the new players but in the right way."

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