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‘Wow’, ‘delightful’: Lineker and Carragher wowed by one Aston Villa player’s display v Leeds
Aston Villa ace Philippe Coutinho delivered an outstanding display for Steven Gerrard’s side against Leeds on Wednesday.
The Villans January signing was involved in all three goals as Gerrard’s charges played out a 3-3 draw against the Whites.
Villa fell behind to Dan James’ eighth-minute goal against the run of play, but Coutinho equalised on the half-hour mark.
The Brazilian picked up some space on the edge of the area after a pinpoint ball from Matty Cash and rifled into the bottom corner.
Eight minutes later, Coutinho picked out Aaron Ramsey with a wonderful slide-rule pass, and the Villa youngster duly slotted home.
The Barcelona loanee then combined with Ramsey two minutes before the break, picking out his teammate on the right.
The 20-year-old let rip with an unstoppable effort into the top-right corner to put Villa 3-1 ahead.
Cue praise from leading pundits and on Twitter:
Sadly for Villa, they couldn’t hold on as Leeds pulled one back through James before the break and Diego Llorente equalised just before the hour.
It proved an exhilarating game with late drama as both sides pushed for a winner deep into injury time.
Villa also finished with ten men as Ezri Konsa got his marching orders in the 88th minute.
The defender picked up a second yellow after catching the keeper unnecessarily with a forearm as he tried to stop Meslier from releasing the ball early
Despite the draw and sending off, there are still plenty of positives for the claret-and-blue fanbase.
Villa are certainly a team on the up under Gerrard and, in Coutinho, they have a truly world class player in their ranks.