Aston Villa 2 Wolves 0: Why are Villa so good at defending leads?

Aston Villa tightened their hold on a top-four finish with an efficient win - this is how they did it

’s is over. Having taken one point from their two games prior to the international break, Unai Emery’s side were back on song against , a 2-0 win keeping at bay for another weekend in the battle to finish in the top four.

The idea was that Villa wanted to overload Wolves’ left side with darting runs behind and inside defenders. Diaby showed flashes of his old self throughout, setting up Watkins in the build-up for ’s disallowed goal and having to take greater responsibility after the break after Watkins had to go off. Diaby seized it, teeing up Konsa for his miscued lob over which made it 2-0. Advertisement Diaby’s goal was Villa’s eighth outside of the box this season, the third most of any Premier League side.

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