Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder #07 John McGinn (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between Club Brugge KV and Aston Villa FC at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges on September 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)

AEK Athens' Serbian head coach Marko Nikolic looks on during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between AEK Athens and LASK at Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens on September 08, 2026. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP via Getty Images)

Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder #07 John McGinn (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between Club Brugge KV and Aston Villa FC at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges on September 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Feyenoord players inspect the pitch before the coach's press conference ahead of the UEFA Champions League first round day 1 football match between FC Barcelona and Feyenoord, at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Lluis GENE / AFP via Getty Images)

Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder #07 John McGinn (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between Club Brugge KV and Aston Villa FC at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges on September 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder #07 John McGinn (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between Club Brugge KV and Aston Villa FC at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges on September 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)

LASK's Austrian midfielder #10 Robert Ljubicic (L) fights for the ball with AEK Athens' Romanian midfielder #18 Razvan Marin during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between AEK Athens and LASK at Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens on September 08, 2026. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP via Getty Images)

Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder #07 John McGinn (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League - League phase, Matchday 1 - football match between Club Brugge KV and Aston Villa FC at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges on September 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)