Villa and Leeds share six goals in a nail-biter
Key takeaways:
- Jacob Ramsey also improved his ever-growing reputation, bringing his total of goals for the season to four.
- Jacob Ramsey, Philippe Coutinho, and Daniel James produced a three-way brawl for a man of the game in a rollercoaster meeting that caught Aston Villa and Leeds sharing six goals in one of the Premier League matches of the season.
Arousing match between Aston Villa and Leeds United:
In a gripping game played at breakneck speed, the two attack-minded sides dealt blow after blow, with Leeds lighting the first turn of James' low finish into the far corner.
James had two further opportunities for the positive away side, striking the bar with one from range before Villa struck back in class, Coutinho slotting in his low shot before twice putting up young midfielder Ramsey for a couple of superb finishes above Illan Meslier.
But the away side and James had the last word before the interval, with the on fighting his small stature to jump and head home a looping ball from close range.
They also had the second half's first and last say, drawing level when Diego Llorente shot in tracking a fluffed Tyrone Mings release from a corner.
There was still sufficient time for a red card, too, with Villa's Ezri Konsa capturing Meslier with a forearm after a corner to gain his second yellow card and an early departure.
That happening directed to a fractious finale in which tackles flew, frustrations burst, and more than one player teased with joining Konsa in the dressing room.
The point sustains Leeds' six-point edge over the base three and holds Aston Villa 11th on 27 points, four more than the Whites.