John McGinn believes Aston Villa's Europa Conference League campaign has been a "learning curve" despite suffering a semi-final exit to Olympiakos.
Unai Emery's side missed out on a place in the final after going down 6-2 on aggregate against the Greek side.
Villa travelled to the Karaiskakis Stadium needing a memorable turnaround, having lost the first leg 4-2 on home soil, but were unable to overturn the deficit.
"I think it has been a big learning curve for us," McGinn told TNT Sports. "It's not been a smooth journey.
"We got to the semi-final and were down to the bare bones a wee bit.