A tired-looking Aston Villa may remain favourites for Champions League qualification over Tottenham but the effect of a draining Europa Conference League encounter with Olympiakos was plain in defeat to Brighton.
João Pedro had his late penalty saved by Robin Olsen but headed in the rebound to give Brighton a 1-0 victory against Aston Villa
Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice as Monaco beat Ligue 1 basement club Clermont 4-1 on Saturday to close in on a return to the Champions League.While Monaco took a giant step towards playing in the Champions League for the first time since the 2018-2019 season, Clermont are virtually doomed for a return to Ligue 2.