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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Barkley and Bailey lift Aston Villa to extend Leicester’s Christmas nightmare

Saturday 4th January 2025, 5:17PM

Villa Park was quiet, underwhelmed, frustrations boiling in freezing weather, as Leicester repeatedly broke down the flow of Aston Villa attacks. Ross Barkley’s opener had been cancelled out by a counterattack strike all part of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s plan.An improved, dogged Leicester, better organised, more disciplined, as they sought to make up for a ruin of a Christmas, ended up rueing two more very preventable goals. Just as Barkley’s strike followed Jannik Vestergaard’s misdirected header, for the winner Jordan Ayew was robbed by Ian Maatsen, and after a quick exchange with fellow sub Emi Buendía, Leon Bailey was supplied a redemptive goal. Continue reading...

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