A distant shot, impossible for the goalkeeper Jordan Pickfordfrom Colombian Jhon Duran sealed the comeback of the Aston Villa of Unai Emery channeled with a doublet of Ollie Watkins and between them they overturned the two goal advantage that the Everton (3-2), already condemned to the last place in the Premier League.
Duran’s third goal of the season it was wonderful. A powerful shot, from about thirty meters, that went in in the blink of an eye into Pickford’s right corner and ended up rewarding the insistence and faith of Emery’s team and punishing the Toffees’ lack of success. ‘, which they were able to sentence and suffered a new defeat, the fourth, in four games.
Dibu Martínez’s reaction, from the other goal, said it all: the Argentine goalkeeper He grabbed his head in disbelief. after the great goal from the South American, who had to suffer a few days ago during Argentina’s visit to Colombia, in Barranquilla.
enjoyed Villa Park with Aston Villa’s comeback in a season full of incentives, such as Champions League which begins on Tuesday before the Young Boys Swiss.
The victory, the third in the English league, definitively straightens the start of the Villains, who started the year in an irregular way, with a victory against the West Ham but a defeat later against Arsenal. Before the stoppage for the date, FIFA was reunited with the victory against the Leicester. At Villa Park he added his second in a row.
And the match couldn’t have started worse for the locals, who already had two goals down after half an hour. In the 16th minute Dwight McNeil snatched the ball from Amadou Onanaadvanced a few meters and, given the passivity of the local defense, inside the area, he crossed the ball out of Dibu’s reach.
The second was in the 27th minute, in a lateral foul executed by McNeil who took advantage, with a header, Dominic Clavert Lewinwhich established the 0-2.
From that moment on it was a monologue the duel Unai Emery’s team cornered the team Sean Dychewho looked for his options on the counterattack. And he had them.
However, Aston Villa took advantage of the visitors’ lack of forcefulness on their right wing and the Frenchman Lucas Digne He found a way to go. In the 36th minute, he sent a measured cross that Watkins headed in to close the gap and in the 76th minute the Frenchman took a ball that exposed Jack Harrison and assisted Watkins again, who, alone, beat Jordan Pickford.
The duel was broken. And anyone could achieve the third. Everton forgave and Aston Villa found the success of the Colombian Jhon Duran, who with his shot completed the comeback of Unai Emery, who was then able to thwart Calvert Lewin, who crashed his shot into the crossbar.
Aston Villa was tied with Liverpool, in second place in the table, three points behind the leader, Manchester City.