The game began, and the visitors were flexing their muscles, applying pressure and putting Villa on the back foot.

But Villa were here for a reason. They had earned their place in the Champions League, and deserved to be competing on this stage. Twenty-two minutes were on the clock when Jaden Philogene plucked a partially-cleared cross out of the air, allowing Pau Torres to poke home at The Holte End. Villa Park erupted, but the joy was short lived as VAR intervened and the goal was chalked off for an offside on Jacob Ramsey in the build-up.

Serge Gnabry spurned a promising opening for the visitors, before Emi Martínez was at full-stretch with half-time approaching to deny Michael Olise's curling effort from distance.

But Villa got to the break, and were more than holding their own. As time ticked away, tension inside Villa Park grew. The sides entered the final 15 minutes level at 0-0, and it became apparent that the first team to score would more than likely go on to win the game.

Then, with 11 minutes to play, the moment arrived. Pau played a ball straight through the middle of the field for substitute Jhon Durán to run onto. Being tightly marked by Dayot Upamecano, the Colombian didn't have many options.

Spotting Manuel Neuer, the great Manuel Neuer, off his line, Durán lifted the ball over the German World Cup-winning goalkeeper and in, to send Villa Park into raptures. It was instinctive, it was brilliant, and it triggered pure euphoria in B6. Durán was mobbed by his team-mates and, just as they were in 1982, Aston Villa had taken the lead against Bayern Munich.

But their job was not done. Bayern threw bodies forward in an attempt to salvage something from the game. If Durán was their hero at one end, then Martínez was their hero at the other. The World's Number One was alert to deny Gnabry's close-range effort at the board went up to signer four added minutes, but it was in the 96th minute when he was required to pull off an even more impressive save to deny Harry Kane's goalbound header.

Seconds later, the final whistle sounded, and Villa Park could breathe. Emery's men had done it. It was one of the greatest night's this historic stadium had seen, one of the most famous evenings in the club's history.

Celebrations were held on the pitch as Monchi and Damian Vidagany joined Unai Emery and his side on the field to toast the Villans' mammoth group effort. Villa had won each of their opening two games in the Champions League, having not conceded a single goal. They could get used to this.

History had repeated, and the curtain was drawn on a truly unforgettable European night under the lights.

Moments of the league phase: An unforgettable victory over Bayern Munich