HSK Zrinjski boss Krunoslav Rendulic admits Aston Villa deserved last night's Europa Conference League victory.
John McGinn's winner came in the 94th minute at Villa Park.
But Rendulic said afterwards: "Aston Villa won deservedly, we gave our maximum.
"We knew we could only put up a good defence in answer to their quality. Unfortunately that effort wasn't rewarded. If we had defended that goal it would have been a great success. I can't say anything against my players.
"In the second half we were suffering, we couldn't go forward. We did defend very well. We couldn't survive until the end and the final seconds were disastrous for us."