Leicester City v Aston Villa: Premier League – Live! | Football

81 minutes: Just before the substitution, Tielemans fell but Leicester kept playing, Slimani headed a tall and wide Castagne cross.

80 minutes: Maddison is brought down by Douglas Luiz, who must be careful. Bertrand Traore is Villa’s first substitute; replaces Trezeguet.

78 minutes: Barnes spins, spins, and shoots from 20 yards. Hamza Choudhury replaces Leicester in place of Nampalys Mendy.

76 minutes: At halftime, Grealish has Watkins on his left, Barkley on his right, but he lacks Fofana, who steps forward and takes advantage of her opponent’s indecision. Grealish is forced to open, his low cross finally cleared.

75 minutes: Villa has a free throw from 30 yards, which Targett pushes for Barkley to run. He tries to play a one-two, but the complicated training ground routine unravels pretty quickly.

73 minutes: … do that seven, when Watkins takes the ball from Mendy, then passes to Evans, who has little choice but to take it down. If it weren’t for Justin’s cover, it might have been a red.

72 minutes: The yellow card count increases to six as Castagne is booked for another bad challenge …

71 minutes: Maddison’s first involvement sees him drawn in by Douglas Luiz, who becomes the last name in Jon Moss’s book. Iheanacho, who disappeared in the second half, is replaced by Islam Slimani. It is the Algerian’s first appearance in Leicester since January 2018.

70 minutes: Villa is starting to look like the team most likely to score, with Watkins finding a yard of space, but only briefly when his shot closes.

68 minutes: Praet makes way for Maddison when Villa wins another corner, taken by McGinn. Mings does very well to keep it alive next to the flag in the opposite corner, and finds Grealish. He returns it to Douglas Luiz, in space, but his shot is straight at Schmeichel!

66 minutes: Villa wins a corner, which Schmeichel claims easily. James Maddison arrives, hoping to increase the final product share of this game.

65 minutes: Signs the game could open up when Villa pulls back, thanks to Grealish’s pass to McGinn. He has Watkins and Trezeguet for support, but his recoil is poor and Tielemans cuts him off.

63 minutes: … Leicester breaks, and Justin forces Cash to drag him to the edge of the box. Leicester appeals to Jon Moss, for a penalty, or a second yellow card for Cash, either is fine. The referee says no, and a free throw is probably the correct decision. Tielemans takes it, but his shot doesn’t have the power to test Martinez.

62 minutes: Cash throws a dangerous cross at Watkins, but Fofana is there again to emphatically walk away …

“These puns must have some Konsa-quences,” says Zain Dada.

60 minutes: Tielemans has vision of goal, and his shot hits Mings a blow, making things a bit difficult for Martinez, who recovers on the second attempt.

58 minutes: Sky is highlighting the performance of Wesley Fofana, who has been rock solid alongside Evans in central defense. He is only 19 years old, he bought it for both the future and the present, but he already seems to be home.

56 minutes: Good move by Villa, Grealish selecting Trezeguet on the right. His cross is cleaned by Justin. The visitors have been on top since the restart, but Watkins needs help from the start.

“As usual, Peter Oh is Justin’s time to take advantage of the puns. I’ll show myself, ”says John Peeler. This MBM needs a goal.

54 minutes: Wow, Villa almost took the lead here! From Grealish’s corner, Esri Konsa walks away from Justin and connects with a header, but sends him a foot away from the post!

52 minutes: Grealish’s calves are taking a real beating. This time it is Castagne who attacks him above the height of a sock. I’m not sure why he hasn’t been reprimanded, that’s his second inning at Grealish which was awkward at best.

“We fans have spoiled ourselves,” says Peter Oh. “After watching so many games where players score Fofana, we feel cheated when they miss the Targett.”

49 minutes: Grealish, the only player to come close to the ‘box office’, finds Targett with a slipped ball, collects the return and wins a corner that Evans clears under pressure from Konsa.

48 minutes: Trezeguet with another unnecessary foul, cutting Jonny Evans as the defender passes him.

46 minutes: Almost immediately, Trezeguet concedes a free kick with an awkward foul. Tielemans delivery is dangerous, bouncing off Perez who takes his time pulling her out from under his feet. When he does, his shot is deflected backwards, almost turning into Iheanacho’s path.

Leicester begins the second half. This one is up for grabs after that first-half status partner.

An excellent part-time email from David Wall:

“Will the players get tired of kneeling and yet nothing will happen as a result? Raheem Sterling said last year that just as important as stopping particular incidents of racist abuse was addressing the underrepresentation of people of color in boardrooms and other positions of power in soccer.

“For the Premier League, Richard Masters could begin to solve this with the stroke of a pen, laying out a requirement for clubs to achieve specific goals for diversity in the boardroom within 5 and then 10 years as entry conditions. Premier League (let’s say so that representation in the boardroom matches the degree of diversity among players).

“You could do something similar with something like the Rooney Rule for hiring manager and coach positions. Players should be wondering why that sort of thing isn’t happening, it’s not like there wasn’t time for people in the Premier League to do something. “

46 minutes: Ugh, what an ability from Grealish, who makes two defenders look very silly with a back cue to Targett, whose center is too high for Trezeguet. Villa finished the second half well, after a heavy start.

45 minutes: Ollie Watkins has touched the ball six times; he just couldn’t get into the game. His seventh touch takes him past Evans, but he’s a fraction offside. Two more minutes.

44 minutes: A reminder that these teams have collectively defeated the top two teams in the league by an aggregate score of 12-4 this season.

42 minutes: The free throw is five yards to the right of the goal, 20 yards out. Douglas Luiz and Targett are standing on him, and the winger will take him. Can get it at Targett? Can not.

41 minutes: Another yellow card! This time it’s Tielemans, who is late to McGinn as a break from Villa. Moss plays the lead, Trezeguet falls on Evans’ leg at the edge of the box, and Villa has a dangerous free kick …

39 minutes: Another Villa reserve, this time for Matty Cash, who is beaten by Barnes and resorts to grabbing the Leicester man’s shorts.

38 minutes: Cash’s hopeful long ball is chased by Watkins, who shoots the ball through the goal towards Barkley. Unable to find room to shoot, he passes Grealish, who heads down a dead end before conceding a cheap free kick.

35 minutes: Barkley is forced to go backwards by pressure from Leicester, but hooks a good ball to Grealish, who receives a foul from Castagne. Right now, a red card seems more likely than a goal.