Emery: We must move on quickly

Aston Villa fell short of reaching their first European final in 42 years as Ayoub El Kaabi's double secured Olympiakos a 2-0 victory in their Conference League last-four second leg.

El Kaabi scored a hat-trick to help Olympiakos win the first leg 4-2 last week and he ended the tie with a remarkable five goals as the Greek side tied up a 6-2 aggregate victory.

Olympiakos will face Fiorentina - last season's runners-up - in the final in Athens on May 29, with manager Jose Luis Mendilibar coaching in his second successive European final after winning the Europa League with Sevilla last season.

Villa faced a daunting task in Piraeus as they tried to overturn the first-leg deficit and never truly looked like achieving it, with Unai Emery's side now winless in four games and seemingly running out of steam at just the wrong time amid a number of injuries.

Emery’s incredible record in European competition gave Villa hope despite their first-leg woes, with the manager having four Europa League titles to his name.

But Emery won't be adding a Conference League title to his collection, with Mendilibar orchestrating another highly impressive performance from his Olympiakos side.

The Greek club scored four in the first leg despite having only 35 per cent possession and repeated the tactic at home, surrendering 74 per cent of the ball but never being seriously troubled by Villa.

El Kaabi extended Olympiakos' lead in the tie after just 10 minutes, with the hosts exposing Villa's high line before Daniel Podence - on loan from Wolves - helped to set up the striker for a tap-in at the far post.

The goal only strengthened Olympiakos' resolve to sit back and protect their lead, with Konstantinos Tzolakis only required to make a handful of saves.

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