Aston Villa secured an important 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig in an exciting Champions League encounter on Tuesday. The win strikes Villa as much as third place within the group and places them on the right track for direct qualification to the knockout levels.
The match noticed a number of lead adjustments, with John McGinn and Jhon Duran placing Villa forward, just for Leipzig to attract degree by means of Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner. Nonetheless, a deflected strike from Ross Barkley within the eighty fifth minute sealed the win for the visiting facet.
The emotional conclusion to the match noticed assistant referee Alessandro Giallatini, who was officiating his remaining recreation earlier than retirement, break down in tears. Giallatini, 49, was consoled by Leipzig supervisor Marco Rose because the gamers and coaches shook fingers.
Aston Villa supervisor Unai Emery praised his group’s consistency and resilience, saying: “We tried to overcome the mistakes we made and we did. More or less we were playing consistently.”
The victory means Villa stay in competition for a top-eight end, which might safe their place within the Champions League knockout rounds with out the necessity for a playoff.
Emery expressed his satisfaction with the consequence, stating: “Today we were thinking if we won we could be a contender in the last two matches to be in the top eight. We achieved this option and we are going to try and get top eight.”
With 4 wins from six Champions League video games to this point, Aston Villa have confirmed themselves a formidable opponent in Europe’s elite competitors.
