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Game #5652

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 February 2023

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Lost

11th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,055

🟥 4 February 2023, Villa 2-4 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-4

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🟥 4 February 2023, Villa 2-4 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 February 2023

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Ollie Watkins
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), James Maddison
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 2-1, Own Goal, Harry Souttar
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Kelechi Iheanacho
🥅 | 45’+2 Goal, 2-3, (Leicester City), Tetê
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-3 Leicester City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Álex Moreno
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Philippe Coutinho
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Matty Cash
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-4, (Leicester City), Dennis Praet
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jhon Durán 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Possession F | 63%
Possession A | 37%
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 11
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 10

🟥 4 February 2023, Villa 2-4 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 February 2023

  • A game littered with Villa mistakes lets a struggling Leicester side take 3 points. A missed opportunity, but whatever the result, the squad is at least shorn of the mediocrity of many of the former manager's misguided signings.

  • Ashley Young, 37, makes his 235th appearance in a Villa shirt (212 Starts) to make it W101 D65 L69, 39 Goals, 64 Assists, 42 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

  • Jhon Durán, 19, makes his Villa debut having joined from Chicago Fire for a fee of £14.10m in January 2023 and becomes the 986th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 4 February 2023, Villa 2-4 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | #986 | €16.64m / £14.10m signing from Chicago Fire

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2020-21

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 4 February 2023
Attendance | 42,055 |

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🟥 4 February 2023, Villa 2-4 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Darren England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 2015-
Kick off: 3.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟥 2-3
Full Time Result: 🟥 Lost
Full Time Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 1 🟥 4 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Darren England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 2015-
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 Oct 22, Villa 4-0 Brentford (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Dan Cook, Dan Robathan.
Fourth official: Robert Jones.
VAR: Stuart Attwell.
Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 Timothy Castagne
🟨 Youri Tielemans
🟨 Caglar Söyüncü

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Lucas Digne is a surprise selection ahead of Álex Moreno as the major cull of the worst detritus of the former manager’s woeful reign is finally removed from the squad.

New signing Jhon Durán makes his squad debut - after promising to score on his first outing - but there is no place on the bench for the recalled Bertrand Traore.

Once again Emery names two ‘keepers on the bench, the woeful Robin Olsen and youngster Viljami Sinisalo fresh from a disappointing loan spell at Burton.

Starting XI Average Age: | 27.42 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.99 |
Squad Average Age: | 27.20 |
Subs Average Age: | 26.54 |
Oldest Starter: RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.60 |
Youngest Starter: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.70 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.60 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.16 |
Oldest Substitute: M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 30.67 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.16 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brendan Rodgers | 🇬🇧 |

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Leicester City

GK Danny Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Timothy Castagne | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M James Maddison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Harvey Barnes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tetê | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Kelechi Iheanacho | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 82’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 🟢 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 82’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Nampalys Mendy | 🇸🇳 | for M Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Dennis Praet | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | for M James Maddison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Kelechi Iheanacho | 🇳🇬 | 67’ |
🔁 | LB Luke Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 | 81’ |
🔁 | CB Caglar Söyüncü | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 | for W Tetê | 🇧🇷 | 83’ |

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 |
M Lewis Brunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wanya Marçal | 🇵🇹 |
CF Patson Daka | 🇿🇲 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £183.78m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £72.33m
Team Cost: £256.11m
Squad Cost: £258.90m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 1/20

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £160.92m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £51.06m
Team Cost: £211.98m
Squad Cost: £239.21m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 4/20

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.15m |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Free |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £12.00m |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | £18.00m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £13.50m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |

W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £27.72m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.65m |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Danny Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £12.60m |
GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 | £0.23m |

RB Timothy Castagne | 🇧🇪 | £18.00m |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 | £12.39m |
LB Luke Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CB Caglar Söyüncü | 🇹🇷 | £18.99m |
CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 | £15.00m |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 | £15.00m |

M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | £40.50m |
M James Maddison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £22.50m |
M Dennis Praet | 🇧🇪 | £17.00m |
M Nampalys Mendy | 🇸🇳 | £13.95m |
M Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Wanya Marçal | 🇵🇹 | Youth |
M Lewis Brunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

W Harvey Barnes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
W Tetê | 🇧🇷 | Loan |

CF Patson Daka | 🇿🇲 | £27.00m |
CF Kelechi Iheanacho | 🇳🇬 | £24.93m |
CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.12m |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Achilles, 6 Aug 2022 [24]
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | Achilles, 20 Aug 2022 [22]

Out On Loan | 13 |
M Finn Azaz | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Levante
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cardiff
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Watford
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Watford
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kilmarnock
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | QPR
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford City
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | Luton Town
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers

UNAVAILABLE

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Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

“Really frustrated and disappointed. The reality is that we were thinking before the match that it was a very important game with our supporters here at home after two wins. We were thinking that if we get three points that we would be in the top 10. “But I have to be balanced with myself and the players because we are trying at the beginning and have recovered from a position in the table. We have been doing it and, tactically, we have been improving with our discipline. “The next step is to play better at home and to try and control tactical circumstances. We didn’t do that today. “We created chances as well but we conceded more than we had to do. In some moments we were playing very well and we made some big mistakes and conceded chances to score. We lost a little bit of our confidence and we have to rebuild that again in the training sessions and in the next matches. “The opposition have very good players. They were pressing. We have to learn to try to break the pressing. They came here to push us and press us high. We can play long ball, long ball, long ball but I don’t want to do it. “We can do it sometimes but I want to control better the second action. We work on both but, after the first goal, we were confident. We started the match winning and I want to keep doing it and to continue building up and to play with our goalkeeper. Maybe sometimes we have to mix and to create our style with one process. Of course, I want players with personality to try and play and to improve and be one step ahead. “To create, to build up is more difficult than to be disciplined defensively. That is the mix I want to do. Then, we have players when they are playing with confidence that can keep the ball and can progress the ball. We have to continue to improve and to continue avoid making mistakes like today. “We are trying to play with the same personality and idea and style. But, sometimes, the opposition are demanding more to be consistent defensively. Maybe playing less ball possession than at home we want to do and have to do as well. That’s the most difficult step we have in front to create and build a structure to improve and to be better than the opposition with the ball. We have to stay consistent with a good attitude and to stay together. We should try to take less risks but, at home for example, we have to take risks. “At the beginning, of course, ball possession we are doing well. Defensively where we are together and being consistent, we are doing well. We have to continue doing it. With and without the ball we have to keep the same mentality. Today, we lost but we were winning other matches and playing confidently. I want to keep going with the players with the same idea. “At half-time we were speaking about reducing the mistakes and trying again to connect with our supporters. We started very well. We created chances to score. We wanted to have possibilities to win when we equalised. We didn’t do it and I think we pushed. We were connected with our supporters and we were in good move in the second half but their final goal was the difference.” Unai Emery.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 4 February 2023

**Manager Brendan Rodgers said Tete was “the winger we’ve been looking for” after Leicester’s new signing shone in an excellent win at Villa Park that edged the Foxes away from trouble at the foot of the Premier League.** The 22-year-old, a short-term signing from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, impressed throughout and scored a fine goal to suggest he could prove the spark the Foxes need to avoid a scrap against relegation. Rodgers’ side were twice behind in the first half but rallied to claim three vital points and stem Aston Villa’s fine start to life under Unai Emery. “Tete is direct, can take people on and score,” Rodgers said. “He’s someone we’ve been looking for for a while. He was outstanding. We have been crying out for that balance to the team. He gives us the space in the middle by playing so wide.” Ollie Watkins gave the home side the lead after Emiliano Buendia hit the crossbar, only for fit-again James Maddison to immediately level. Watkins then drove a shot in off another new Foxes signing, Harry Souttar, but Kelechi Iheanacho equalised again with a header before Tete rounded Emiliano Martinez to put Leicester ahead at the break. Philippe Coutinho had a goal ruled out for offside as Emery’s side piled on the pressure in the second half, but Rodgers saw his team seal the much-needed points when substitute Dennis Praet ran through to score. Leicester win first ‘cup final’ Before kick-off, Rodgers said his side faced “18 cup finals” to move away from peril at the foot of the table, and the man who guided Leicester to FA Cup glory in 2021 delivered success in this game too. That did not appear too likely in the opening stages as the energetic hosts swept ahead. Leicester needed a game-changer and, after a productive transfer window, Rodgers now appears to have several in his squad. Maddison, making his first league start in two months, was a class act throughout and soon equalised after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall robbed Boubacar Kamara, before Tete made his mark. The Brazilian went close with two curling efforts after good runs down the right and stayed alert to round Martinez and score with style. “Tete was outstanding,” said Maddison. “He plays on the right, which is where I’ve had to play, so it’s nice to get some pace out there. “There’s a positivity around the club with some new faces and we got the points today. “Getting new players in the door gives you a lift. The table doesn’t lie, but we know we can inject some oomph to go on a winning run. We are capable of that.” The unfortunate own goal aside, Souttar looked an imposing presence on his Premier League bow, and third new signing Victor Kristiansen also posed a threat from left-back. The new faces held firm as Villa poured forward after the break, and a first win since the World Cup has seen Leicester rise to 13th in the table, with some tough tests ahead. Going into the game, only league leaders Arsenal had won more points than Villa since the World Cup break, and Emery will be left scratching his head at how this one got away. Individual errors were costly as Kamara was stripped of the ball inside his own penalty area for Maddison’s equaliser after collecting a pass from his goalkeeper under pressure, before he also lost the ball cheaply in the build-up to Tete’s strike. Villa still managed 19 shots on goal in a busy attacking display, and had Watkins converted an open goal, and had Buendia’s header looped in instead of hitting the crossbar in the first half, the result could easily have been different. But Praet capitalised on another error at the back to finally kill off Villa late on. “We had mistakes today,” Emery said. “Leicester were at the bottom of the table but they have very good players and we gave them chances. “We had good moments, created chances, but our mistakes were really big mistakes. At 1-0 we were [doing] well but we lost our confidence a bit when they scored.” With just two defeats under the former Arsenal manager, Villa are 11th and could have a European place in sight if they have a strong run-in.
Reports

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