Villa close in on Champions League spot for next season after sub scores two in three minutes late on
Jhon Duran scores his second and Aston Villa's third goal during the Premier League game against Liverpool at Villa Park. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images, the substitute Jhon Durán struck twice to earn an unlikely, priceless point. Unai Emery will be glued to Manchester City’s trip to fifth-placed Tottenham on Tuesday.
Conceding inside 62 seconds courtesy of a goalkeeper howler is one way to kill the pre-match buzz. Tielemans, back from a groin injury, surrendered possession on halfway and Harvey Elliott stepped on the gas, zoomed upfield and played a one-two with Mohamed Salah. Elliott sent a seemingly harmless, head-height cross in from the right but the ball clinked Pau Torres’s left shoulder and that proved enough to bamboozle Martínez at his near post.
Actor Tom Hanks watches from the stands during the Premier League match at Villa Park. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire Villa’s best chance to restore first-half parity arrived on 36 minutes, when Diego Carlos filed a late entry for miss of the season. Somehow the Brazilian failed to convert Bailey’s cross, from inside the six-yard box, from a yard out. Diego Carlos got the faintest of touches on the ball, enough to slice wide – and away from Watkins who was lurking behind him – but not into a gaping net. The replays on the big screens did him no favours.
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