Emi Martinez began the night by walking onto the field with his children and parading a pair of trophies for being the world’s best goalkeeper for the last two years.

Seven games now without victory for Unai Emery’s Aston Villa and, while the famous European opponents still come to Villa Park and the night games retain their sense of occasion, this is starting to feel like an awkward kind of slump.

Emiliano Martinez mocked Juventus' Michele Di Gregorio in typical style after Aston Villa were denied a late winner on Wednesday.

Villa Park has not been a nice place to go to in the Champions League this season. In their first two games of the tournament, Aston Villa have beat both Bayern Munich and Bologna without conceding. Bayern Munich left Villa Park with a 1-0 defeat,

the lowest Aston Villa have faced in the Champions League this season, and 0.37 Expected Goals on Target — only Bologna had a lower xGOT (0.32) against Villa. And when Juventus did have their best opportunity to score, Martinez was on hand to keep them out.