Aston Villa's remarkable run continued as Unai Emery's side beat Basel to make it eight wins out of eight - their longest winning run as a top-flight side since 1914.

Emery named a much-changed line-up for the Europa League game after the weekend's last-gasp Premier League win over leaders Arsenal, but Evann Guessand's second goal since signing from Nice in the summer put them on their way in Switzerland.

The hosts, watched by Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, were level after Flavius Daniliuc flicked home after a clever free-kick by former Liverpool and Stoke midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri.

For the third successive game, Villa's decisive goal came from a substitute.

After Donyell Malen scored his side's fourth in a seven-goal thriller at Brighton and Arsenal were felled by Emiliano Buendia's late goal, Youri Tielemans climbed off the bench to fire Villa to a fifth win in Europe this season.

Tielemans struck from inside the D for his first club goal since May, after Buendia rolled the ball into his path.

Villa's latest win keeps them on course for the last 16, with 15 points from six games and matches away to Fenerbahce and at home to Red Bull Salzburg to come.

"After the last matches, a lot of wars," said a proud Emery afterwards.

"Brilliant wars for us. After our victory against Arsenal, it is not easy to recover our spirit and structure and mentality to keep the same hard work.

"We struggled today and the last 10 minutes they were close to drawing. But I am happy with how we got this victory."

This result was hugely satisfying for Emery, and not just because it maintained his side's incredible winning run.

Not only did it come in the stadium where the Spaniard won his third Europa League trophy with Sevilla in 2016, Villa's latest victory also demonstrated the strength in depth at Emery's disposal.

He made eight changes, with Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash and Amadou Onana the only starters from the statement win over Arsenal.

With a match at West Ham on Sunday, Emiliano Martinez was given the night off while the likes of Ollie Watkins, John McGinn and Morgan Rogers made cameo appearances from the bench.

"Our idea at the start of the season was to manage all the players and give them the chance to play and help us," added Emery.

"How we are managing it like today, I like how they are responding and how we are building the team with every player."

Villa survived one or two nervy moments but still ran out winners and are guaranteed at least a play-off spot. Another win in Europe, however, should be enough to secure an automatic place in the knockout stages.

Emery's side have now won 14 of their past 16 games in all competitions, remarkable considering they started the season without a win in six league and cup games.

Having failed to score in any of their first four matches, Villa are one of the best performing teams in Europe's top five leagues.

Aston Villa have seven Premier League games scheduled before they return to European action away to Fenerbahce in Turkey on 22 January (17:45 GMT kick-off). The first of those seven is against West Ham at London Stadium on Sunday (14:00 kick-off).