Aston Villa missed the prospect to shut the hole behind Arsenal on the high of the Premier League as they suffered a shock 1-0 dwelling defeat to Everton.
Thierno Barry’s delicate chip after errors from Pau Torres and Emiliano Martinez proved the distinction in a good sport at Villa Park as Unai Emery’s males misplaced at dwelling for under the second time this season, with the loss additionally ending an 11-game successful run at their dwelling floor.
The defeat leaves Villa in third as they did not capitalise on factors dropped by Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal this weekend, with Everton climbing into the highest half.
Each side hit the woodwork in first half
Everton practically went forward straight from kick-off when a protracted ball ahead discovered it’s approach to Merlin Rohl, whose shot beat Emiliano Martinez however bounced again off the publish withy solely 10 seconds on the clock.
Villa settled and appeared to say management, with their first probability coming to Morgan Rogers who couldn’t preserve his shot down after Emiliano Buendia had squared the ball throughout objective.
John McGinn went off injured in an enormous blow for the hosts and it coincided with a great interval of stress by Everton, with ex-Villa hero Jack Grealish going shut on his return to Villa Park.
The Toffees had the ball behind the web simply after the half-hour mark when Jake O’Brien headed dwelling however the objective was harshly dominated out attributable to Harrison Armstrong being offside because the cross got here in.
Villa instantly went up the opposite finish and compelled two quickfire possibilities, each by Rogers, who noticed his shot from Ian Maatsen’s pull again blocked by O’Brien from shut vary earlier than he pressured Jordan Pickford into motion from lengthy vary.
Evann Guessand then went agonisingly shut for Villa when he looped a header over Pickford and onto the bar as Villa cranked up the stress earlier than the tip of the half.
Barry stuns Villa Park
Villa made a vibrant begin to the half with Youri Tielemans simply unable to get his header on course after some good build-up from the hosts.
However it was Everton who went forward when Dwight McNeil picked up a unfastened ball and tried his luck at Martinez, who spilled the shot into the bathtub of Barry. The striker delightfully chipped the ball over the Villa keeper to place the Toffees forward.
Rogers struggled to maintain his photographs down all through the sport and he was responsible of spooning two extra over the bar as Villa tried to stage the sport.
His effort a couple of minutes later was a lot better, along with his curling effort heading for the highest nook earlier than Pickford brilliantly tipped the ball over.
Villa continued to push however struggled to actually threaten, with Buendia flashing a header throughout objective earlier than referee introduced the sport to a detailed.
