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John Duran continued his super-sub role and performed brilliantly coming off the bench. Aston Villa return in a 3–1 win against Wolves,
It looked like Villa was going to suffer a loss Champions League Their Midlands rivals had taken a first-half lead through Matheus Cunha before recovering from a hangover.
Unai Emery’s side looked out of rhythm for the first 60 minutes but they came back and equalised. ollie watkins After scoring in the 73rd minute, Ezri Konsa gave the team the lead by scoring in the 88th minute.
Duran came off the bench and put the ball in the net for the fourth time in five attempts. Premier League In one of the best games of the season, the team won with a goal in the third minute of extra time.
Victory continued Villa’s impressive start to the season as they won their fourth match and the early signs of a challenge for a place in the top four again look promising.
It was a second successive defeat for Wolves, having previously conceded two goals in the final 15 minutes against Newcastle last weekend.
They are still winless and with Liverpool coming up next weekend, boss Gary O’Neil is beginning to feel the pressure.
One of the biggest challenges facing Villa this season is how they react after midweek European games, particularly when they travel, and the early evidence is that this could be a problem.
Following a midweek win against Young Boys in Switzerland, they were sluggish early on and fell behind in the 25th minute.
They contributed to their own downfall as they were punished for some dangerous play from the back, with Diego Carlos passing straight to Cunha, who happily curled the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
Wolves were playing well and should have doubled their lead, but Rayan Ait-Nouri could not connect with Jean-Rikner Bellegarde’s pull-back and his volley went wide.
The visitors had another great chance to double their lead shortly before half-time when Yerson Mosquera’s curling ball found Jorgen Strand Larsen but he lacked determination and his shot was saved by Emiliano Martinez.
Villa took control after the interval but it was not until the 68th minute that they had a chance to test the Wolves defence when Leon Bailey’s cross was met by Watkins, whose header was cleared off the line by Mosquera.
The visitors had kept Villa in check for much of the game but it suddenly looked like the final 20 minutes were going to be long.
Indeed, they could not survive beyond the 73rd minute and Watkins scored the equaliser for Villa.
A loose ball fell to Morgan Rodgers and he passed the ball to the England striker, whose shot hit Craig Dawson and went into the net.
Mosquera was forced to take a long rest with a serious knee injury, but that did not stop Villa’s momentum and they went ahead two minutes before normal time when Konsa headed in Youri Tielemans’ cross at the far post.
Duran hit back by heading Morgan Rodgers’ cross into the empty goal to make sure of the points.