Sounds like this game had everything.

They were animals that night and we were not that far behind truth be told.  Great night though, it was my birthday.

Absolutely amazing night. Brilliant atmosphere. Villa Park was rocking. Barcelona, that night, were the dirtiest team I've ever seen. Just goes to show though how good we were. Not only could we play a bit, we could mix it up when we had too. If you look back at that team there was some proper hard bastards in it. Even the flair players like Cowan's could perform a tackle that would snap some of the current teams wimps in half. All good teams need an enforcer type, we had Withe, McNaught and Evans. Happy days!

Great game. I had forgotten about the three sending offs

I think the line about preparing for the quarter final of the European Cup against Juve summed up the contrast between then and now

Thirty seconds in, you can see Withe accidentally catching the Barcelona player in the face.

Used to watch it a lot on the Official History video and was always amazed at the moment when the keeper just slashes Sid's legs away from him after the penalty and how
incredible the atmosphere seemed - at the time, it wasn't something I'd experienced at Villa Park, having started going in '86.

It all seemed so recent then, watching it on video six years after it happened. Now it's 33 years ago!

Am I right in remembering Allan Evans got sent off as well as their 2 players ?

Yes, two yellow cards.