Goals from Amadou Onana and Jhon Durán gave Aston Villa a 2-1 win at Leicester, who pulled one back in the second half through Facundo Buonanotte
“We’re on our way, to the Champions League, we’re on our way,” sang the Aston Villa supporters housed in a pocket of this blue bowl, fresh from the dates of theirbeing finalised. There was a buoyant mood among the Villa contingent long before they recorded a victory courtesy of Amadou Onana, who profited from some invention at a first-half free-kick and a fine header by the substitute Jhon Durán in the second.
“The clear message to the players and the staff was that the threshold of tackles and duels was going to be raised, and then we get that,” the Leicester manager said. “Then I go back to it’s just another reminder that we are where we are with refereeing. You just keep your fingers crossed every week that it doesn’t go against you on a given game day.“I realised that more last season when I was away from the game, looking at games more neutrally.
If Cooper was mystified by the decision to penalise Skipp, then there was plenty more frustration to follow. Watkins, who spurned a brilliant chance to open the scoring inside 94 seconds, got away with a late foul on Skipp. Perhaps it was a case of things evening out.
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