Emi Buendia and John McGinn helped maintain Aston Villa's winning streak with a battling 2-0 victory at Feyenoord on a night of controversial refereeing decisions in the Europa League.

Villa were on the ropes for much of the first hour, relying on stand-in goalkeeper Marco Bizot to make a series of important stops after Emi Martinez was injured in the warm-up. But Buendia's classy finish and McGinn's conversion after a surging run from Donyell Malen took Unai Emery's side to a third straight win in all competitions.

The pair were both scorers in Sunday's Premier League victory over Fulham and - despite some nervy moments in Rotterdam - Villa are finally gaining some momentum this season.

The contest could have played out very differently, though, had two huge first-half calls from refer

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