2015年9月14日星期一

English Premier League: Leicester beats Aston Villa 3-2

Last season, Leicester only just managed to avoid relegation from the English Premier League. Taobao agent But this term is a much different story as the team was unbeaten after four games; a win would Sunday move them into second place. But doing so would require a late comeback at home against Aston Villa.

Leicester was down 1-0 after the first half on a superb goal from Jack Grealish, who scored his first for his boyhood club.

Villa followed that with another as Charles Gil found the net in the 63rd minute to make it 2-0 for the visiting team.

But Richie De Laet began Leicester's comeback in the 72 minute with a headed goal confirmed by goal line technology.

Jamie Vardy pulled Leicester even with a close range finish, then Nathan Dyer completed the turnaround with a brave header in the 89th.

The 3-2 win moved Leicester to second in league and coach Claudio Ranieri could not be happier.
Leicester beats Aston Villa 3-2
Leicester beats Aston Villa 3-2

"I wanted to play. It was an amazing match. Oh, what a match! Unbelievable, unbelievable. But I want to say well done to my players. They showed the fantastic character, good spirit, fantastic, never give up. That's the spirit that I love," he said.

"It was important for us to restart the match, the league, after the international break with a victory. It was difficult to beat this Aston Villa because they kept the ball very well, better than us, but we knew that. And in the second half, we showed a very good performance, very good."
Opposition coach Tim Sherwood was very disappointed with his side’s defeat.

"No. Devastated at the way it's panned out there today. At this level when you're in total control of a football match for an hour and you're getting the rewards for it with the two goals, to then throw it away is... I'm lost for words, really," Sherwood said.

Manchester City is top of the league, with Leicester four points behind in second. Manchester United is third, with Arsenal rounding out the top four. Meanwhile, Liverpool is down in eighth, China Ebay and defending champion Chelsea is mired in 15th with four points.


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