Minute-by-minute report: Europe-bound Villa play host to visitors without a point to their name. Join Barry Glendenning
Villa substitution: Emi Buendia returns after a long absence through injury, with Ollie Watkins making way. The Argentinian gets a very warm welcome from the home fans.Dominic Calvert-Lewin misses another great chance, beating Pau Torres to a ball played through the centre, putting his foot through it without breaking stride and watching in horror as it whacks the underside of the post and bounces the wrong side of the line.
As he tries to take the ball around the Villa goalkeeper, Ezri Konsa gets back to take it off his toe and put it out for a corner, almost scoring an own goal in the process. That’s an awful waste of a wonderful chance, although Calvert-Lewinhave been offside when he ran on to that through ball. We can’t know for sure because it won’t be checked by VAR.
Everton’s lead was halved by Ollie Watkins, who rose highest to head home a Lucas Digne cross from the left and give travelling supporters the absolute heebie -jeebies with over an hour of the game to go. Their team couldn’t possibly squander two two-goal leads in succession, could they? Of course they could, because … well, they’re Everton.send the ball long in the general direction of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, a tactic that has worked reasonably well for them so far in this game.
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