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Aston Villa make perfect start on Champions League return after 41-year absence

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Aston Villa midfielder Yuri Tielemans. [AFP]

Aston Villa made a stylish return to the Champions League with a 3-0 win at Swiss side Young Boys on Tuesday in their first game in the tournament for 41 years.

Villa boss Unai Emery had urged his team to take three points in Bern as a tribute to the club's former striker Gary Shaw, who died on Monday aged 63 after being injured in a fall.

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