Source: PA
History repeats itself for Villa
Aston Villa crashed out of the Europa League at the final qualifying hurdle against Rapid Vienna for the second successive season despite twice being in front - losing 3-2 on the night.
It was a big financial blow for the midlands club and also weakened caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald's chances of being given the job on a permanent basis.
Gabriel Agbonlahor and Emile Heskey netted for Villa but Rapid refused to buckle and goals from Atdhe Nuhiu, Mario Sonnleitner and Rene Gartler stunned the near 30,000 crowd.
The hundreds of Rapid fans held up a `your nightmare returns' banner before kick-off - a reminder to Villa of their victory at the same ground 12 months ago - and it rang true.
Agbonlahor netted his first of the season after 22 minutes, before Nuhiu scored seven minutes after the break.
Stiliyan Petrov then missed a penalty for Villa, but Heskey's goal looked to have put them through until late goals from Sonnleitner and Gartler won it.