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The midfielder’s first goal of the 2022/23 campaign lifted Aston Villa up to 13th in the table. They are now level on points with Southampton and this win eases the pressure on Steven Gerrard.
It took 34 minutes for Philippe Coutinho, who had scored just once and failed to provide an assist since March, to create a rare chance when he spun away from James Ward-Prowse and drilled over. Four minutes before the interval Coutinho’s far-post header was shovelled behind and from the resulting corner Villa snatched the lead.
The dramatic finale to the half was out of keeping with the first, drab, 40 minutes and Villa needed to be mindful all of Southampton’s previous points had come from losing positions.
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