Douglas Luiz keen to keep taking penalties despite miss against Olympiacos

Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz has vowed to stay on penalty-taking duties despite his costly miss in Thursday’s Europa League Conference semi-final first-leg defeat to Olympiacos.

Villa’s hopes of reaching a first European final since 1982 are hanging by a thread after a damaging 4-2 loss at Villa Park on Thursday night.

It should have been a one-goal deficit they have to overturn in Athens next week, but Luiz saw his late spot-kick hit the post.

John McGinn: "There’s still a long way to go.

"We need to play a lot better than we did here, however we’re more than capable of doing it."