El Dibu Martínez made decisive saves that allowed the Villains to win away and take the three points from Leeds.
A double from Morgan Rogers overturned Lukas Nmecha’s controversial goal for Leeds United and gave victory to the Aston Villa of the Draw Martínez that is approaching Champions League positions (1-2).
The Villains, who have three consecutive wins in all competitions, got off to a bad start on their visit to Elland Road when in the eighth minute Nmecha scored one of the carom goals of the day.
In a ball that went down vertically in Villa’s small area, Emiliano ‘El Dibu’ Martínez He did not go decisively to catch the ball and Anton Stach beat him over the top. The loose ball was taken on the goal line by a Villa defender, but with such bad luck that it bounced off Nmecha’s body and into the goal.
Leeds’ controversial goal, was it a foul on Draw?
The VAR spent a long time reviewing a possible foul on the Argentine goalkeeper, but finally the goal went up on the scoreboard and forced the Birmingham team to a comeback that bore the name of Morgan Rogers.
The playmaker, who had just challenged Jude Bellingham for the starting position in England, tied the match by toeing a cross from Donyell Malen from the right and completed the comeback with a great goal from a free kick from the edge of the box.
To finish off the match, ‘Dibu’ made up for it with a save from Pascal Struijk in the final five minutes that would have meant a tie.
The victory allows the Aston Villa place sixth, with 19 points, one of the Champions League positions, while Daniel Farke’s Leeds remains on the brink of relegation. The ‘Whites’ are seventeenth, with twelve points, one more than West Ham United.
