Aston Villa captain John McGinn has declared that his side will not settle for anything less than all three points when they face Barcelona at Camp Nou in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League fixture.

Villa arrive in Catalonia riding a wave of momentum, having beaten Club Brugge, Fenerbahçe, and Viking in all three of their Champions League outings so far. That perfect record places Unai Emery's men second in the league phase standings, trailing only Paris Saint-Germain.

Barcelona, by contrast, find themselves eighth after a bruising 4-2 home defeat to PSG, with Hansi Flick's squad also having lost an El Clásico to Real Madrid in recent weeks. Two defeats in their last three matches across all competitions have raised doubts about their form at the worst possible time.

McGinn rekindling childhood dreams

For McGinn, the occasion carries personal weight. The 32-year-old midfielder says Villa's transformation under Emery has reawakened ambitions he first felt as a child.