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A 2-1 reversal was staged. Emery conquered the away game and was only 1 point behind Manchester City.

5:03am, 24 November 2025【Football】

A match in the 12th round of the Premier League started. Aston Villa challenged Leeds United as a guest. Aston Villa had a record of 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the first 11 league games. Multi-line operations are a bit of a challenge for a team like Aston Villa. Aston Villa's performance in the Europa League is very good, with 3 wins and 1 loss in 4 group stage games. Aston Villa has won the last two games, first defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League, and then defeating Bournemouth in the league. This time Aston Villa faced the relegation team Leeds United. As a result, Emery led Aston Villa to complete the comeback and scored all 3 points.

Aston Villa has a 442 formation. Watkins and Morgan Rogers partnered as a double forward. Buendia, Tielemans, Camara and McGinn form a midfield 4. The back four of Digne, Pau Torres, Konsa and Cash started. Martin serves as the starting goalkeeper. Aston Villa's starting lineup is worth a total of 325 million euros, while Leeds United's starting lineup is worth a total of 162 million euros.

Just 8 minutes into the game, Aston Villa conceded the goal. In the melee in front of the goal, Konsa made a clearance in front of the goal. As a result, the ball hit Nmega's foot and bounced into the goal. This magical goal gave Leeds the lead. In the 24th minute, Aaronson outflanked the goal and took a shot. He touched the ball in a poor position and missed the ball. In the 39th minute, Aaronson's volley from the center of the penalty area was confiscated by the goalkeeper. Subsequently, Bogle and Tanaka Aoi became yellow one after another. At halftime, Aston Villa led Leeds United 1-0. Aston Villa failed to hit 6 shots in the first half. Leeds United scored 1 goal in the first half with only 3 shots.

In the second half, Aston Villa changed sides and made substitution adjustments. Mattson and Mullen came on as substitutes, while Digne and Buendia were replaced. In the 48th minute, Aston Villa scored! The effect of the substitution was immediate. Substitute Mullen provided an assist, and Morgan Rogers outflanked and scored. Five minutes later, McGinn committed a foul and was shown a yellow card. In the 68th minute, McGinn shot into the far corner and missed slightly.

In the 71st minute, Leeds United made substitution adjustments, with Lewin and Daniel James coming on as substitutes. In the 75th minute, Aston Villa scored again. It was still Morgan Rogers' goal. He scored directly from a free kick and helped Aston Villa take the lead! Lewin then scored, but it was disallowed due to handball. At the last moment, Struitt headed the ball towards the goal and was saved. In the end, Aston Villa reversed Leeds United 2-1 and was only 1 point behind Manchester City.