Moments of the league phase: Youri opens up our campaign

Aston Villa will compete in the Champions League round of 16 in March, after an impressive league phase campaign saw them finish eighth in the table with a record of five victories, one draw and just two defeats. 

From Youri Tielemans' goal in Bern against Young Boys opening up the European campaign, to a historic night under the lights at Villa Park against Bayern Munich and Morgan Rogers' sensational hat-trick against Celtic, the league phase was filled with incredible memories for Villans both near and far, as a tally of 16 points meant Unai Emery's side would skip the round of 32 play-offs on their way straight to the second knockout stage. 

And, with a double-legged last 16 tie just around the corner next month, we are counting down the top five moments of the league phase - as voted for by you, the Aston Villa supporters - after we drew up an initial shortlist shortly after the conclusion of the league phase. 

At number four is that Tielemans strike in Switzerland - our first goal of the Champions League campaign. 

After three wins from their opening four Premier League outings of the season, attention turned to the Champions League, with a first fixture in Europe's elite competition for over 40 years on the horizon. 

Unai Emery's side travelled to Switzerland to open their campaign against BSC Young Boys at Stadion Wankdorf in mid-September, looking to make a positive start to the newly-introduced league phase. 

Over 1,600 Villans followed their team to Bern, with atmosphere at fever pitch as the two sides took to the field. Villa were back among Europe's elite. 

And that fast start they were looking for was very much realised, as Emery's men blew the locals away in the opening period, taking a 2-0 lead into the break. 

As the clock struck 26 minutes, Tielemans' moment arrived. A corner from the left was played short by Lucas Digne to John McGinn, who swung a pinpoint ball to the Belgian who hung back at the far post, just inside the area. 

He took a touch to steady himself, plucking the ball out of the sky brilliantly, before firing through the legs of Ebrima Colley, past goalkeeper David von Ballmoos and into the bottom corner. 

Tielemans peeled away in celebration, sharing a truly special, memorable moment with the travelling supporters tucked away into the corner. Their side's Champions League campaign had broken ground, and things would go on the get even better. 

Just 11 minutes later, Ollie Watkins pounced on some hesitant defending from the hosts to steal in and nick the ball, von Ballmoos bringing him to ground, but Jacob Ramsey tapping into the empty net ensuring a penalty wouldn't be necessary. 

Another five minutes had elapsed when Watkins himself hammered home, but his goal was chalked off for handball by the England forward in the build-up, before substitute Jhon Duran saw his goal ruled out for a similar offence on Amadou Onana 12 minutes from time, as Villa looked to finish the job. 

And that they would, with four minutes to play. Onana picked up the ball on the edge of the area and fired with precision into the bottom corner to cap off an impressive display on Matchday One, and tie up a memorable victory, started by Tielemans, to begin their Champions League campaign. 

Villa were back in Europe's big time with a bang and things, as we saw, in the Champions League, would go on to get much better.