At 22:00 Beijing time on April 2, the 31st round of the Premier League, Catasro scored in the opening 7 minutes, and Ashley Young swung himself. In the second half, Watkins won the penalty and Villa lost 2-1 away to Wolves. Villa were not only killed by Wolves twice, but also suffered a wave of 3 consecutive Premier League defeats, and Gerrard was quite disappointed.
In the winter window this year, Coutinho left Barca, and Mr. 140 million gave up most of his salary and went to Gerrard's account. Just returning to the Premier League, Coutinho has helped to regain the feeling of a Premier League magician. But over time, Coutinho's play has become less impressive.
Coupled with the fact that he had just experienced the World Preliminaries, plus the boat and car fatigue, Coutinho suffered from fatigue. In this game, Coutinho continued to start, but his performance was not good. In the 77 minutes of playing time, Coutinho only shot 3 times on goal, only 1 shot on goal, 3 dribbling only 1 time, and 15 times lost the ball, only 6.5 points after the game.
Coutinho's muted fire left Villa's attack also lacking a crosshair, losing the game 1-2 with a 51%-49% possession rate, 15-11 shots on goal and a 9-4 lead from a corner.
Counting the 2-3 defeat in the first leg, it means that Villa suffered a double kill of the Season by Wolves. It is worth mentioning that this is the second time in Villa's history that they have been double-killed by Wolves in the season, the last time occurring in the 19/20 season. In their last three games, Villa have led a three-game losing streak in the Premier League 1-2, 0-1 Arsenal and 1-2 Wolves.
Gerrard's side has been unbeaten for 23 consecutive days and is now 12 points behind West Ham United in front of him, which is a gap of 4 games, and if you want to enter the top 8 of the season, you can only hope for miracles.
As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad, after taking Villa, Wolves are back on the winning track, scoring 9 points in the last 5 rounds.
So far, Wolves have only one point behind Manchester United in two more rounds. Wolves are hopeless to compete for four, but if they can surpass Manchester United in the table, it is also a great achievement.
Contest Review ——
In the opening six minutes, Consa slipped with a bizarre mistake, Bodens' shot was blocked, and Hunny Castro volleyed through the goal in the melee, and Villa fell behind 1-0.
In the 36th minute, Marsal crossed from the left and Ashley Young inadvertently swung himself away, leaving Villa 0-2 behind.
In the 85th minute, Watkins was brought down in the penalty area, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, and then he personally shot the shot, Villa pulled back a city, and finally lost 1-2.