Ross Barkley scored a late winner in Aston Villa’s thrilling 3-2 win at Leipzig that keeps them in contention to reach the last-16 of the Champions League
After Jhon Durán scored, another ludicrously powerful strike within seven minutes of entering the field, he celebrated by showing thesupporters the palms of his hands, as if to say, calm down, what else did you possibly expect? Perhaps it explains why Unai Emery, hands in the pockets of his puffer coat, was unmoved.
Villa supporters crooned Emery’s name throughout and his changes proved inspired. Durán made another timely contribution and Barkley scored within two minutes of replacing Youri Tielemans. Barkley took aim from the edge of the box and his right-foot shot took a wicked deflection off the Germany defender Lukas Klostermann, wrong-footing Peter Gulacsi, to push Villa up to third.
So the bar was high. Villa made the perfect start, McGinn striking in the third minute after clever play by Ollie Watkins. Matty Cash, operating at right wing-back, cut infield on to his left foot and floated a cross towards Watkins, who spied McGinn and cushioned a downward header into the path of his captain. McGinn, who darted clear of a sleeping Nicolas Seiwald, applied a crisp finish.
More than 2,000 Villa supporters travelled for Villa’s first game in Germany, many of whom spent the afternoon wandering the tributaries of the feelgood Christmas market and indulging in. McGinn’s goal brought more cheer and Villa dominated the opening 27 minutes, until Leipzig equalised with their first meaningful attack.
Villa gifted Club Brugge a route to victory last month, after Tyrone Mings picked the ball up from an Emiliano Martínez kick, and while Leipzig’s leveller was not as humiliating, it was another cheap goal and costly error. This time Martínez was the culprit, though Diego Carlos should also shoulder some of the blame.
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