Aston Villa left it late in opposition to Wolves, getting back from 1-0 down, to safe a 3-1 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Matheus Cunha gave Wolves the lead after simply 25 minutes, and it took Villa till the 73rd minute to search out their breakthrough, with Ollie Watkins scoring his third of the season to make it 1-1.
Villa then managed to proceed their momentum, discovering two extra objectives to safe the victory and three factors, with each Ezri Konsa and Jhon Duran on the scoresheet. This moved Villa as much as third within the Premier League, having received 4 of their opening 5 video games.
However Unai Emery was not comfortable together with his aspect’s efficiency, stating “it was the worst we have now performed” in his interview after the sport.
Regardless of the Spaniards’ disappointment, the Villans secured all three factors, and there have been some good particular person performances.
Watkins and Rogers’ performances
Two of Villa’s standout performers have been Watkins and Morgan Rogers. Having not scored in his opening three video games this season, the previous appears to be like bang in type now with the 28-year-old striker on three objectives and two assists in his six video games performed in all competitions.
Rogers has had a stellar begin to the brand new season too, gaining many plaudits, particularly for his efficiency in Villa’s 2-0 loss to Arsenal. Nevertheless, yesterday was his first two Premier League aim involvements this marketing campaign, getting two assists.
Watkins had minimal involvement outdoors his aim, solely managing 23 touches, eight correct passes, and a couple of/5 floor duels. Nevertheless, the Englishman took his aim properly and threatened in and across the field, managing three photographs in complete, and lacking one massive probability.
Rogers, however, was concerned in all phases of play, making three key passes, having 50 touches, finishing 2/6 dribble makes an attempt, and contesting 14 duels (floor and aerial) all through the sport. All of this to accompany his two assists.
That stated, one other stalwart deserves reward…
Why Ezri Konsa deserves reward
Konsa, who scored Villa’s second aim to place them forward within the recreation, did excess of simply scoring the aim, placing in a wonderful all-round show for Emery’s aspect.
The England worldwide received 5/7 floor duels, made two tackles, and accomplished a severely spectacular 97% of his passes (56/58) through the recreation.
The 26-year-old has performed each minute to date for Villa this season, making six appearances and totalling 540 minutes performed.
Ezri Konsa 2024/25 stats to date | |
|---|---|
Stats (per 90 minutes) | Konsa |
Targets | 0.15 |
Progressive Carries | 0.83 |
Progressive Passes | 3.17 |
Passes Tried | 50.0 |
Cross Completion % | 93.0% |
Passes into Remaining Third | 3.83 |
Tackles | 1.17 |
Interceptions | 0.75 |
Aerials Received | 1.00 |
Stats taken from FBref | |
A carry is taken into account progressive if the ball is moved in direction of the opponent’s aim at the least 10 yards from its start line or is carried into the penalty space.
The defender is of course a centre-back, nonetheless, underneath Emery, Konsa performed 23 video games at right-back final season, and has began as soon as at right-back this season, primarily on account of his restoration tempo, capability to defend broad areas, and flexibility to grow to be a proper centre-back in a again three on the ball.
Konsa is a big a part of the Villa aspect, each on and off the ball, and he confirmed that but once more with an imperious efficiency in opposition to Wolves, scoring an especially vital aim to high it off.
