Barkley and Bailey score as Aston Villa claim vital victory against Leicester
Villa Park was quiet, underwhelmed, frustrations boiling in freezing weather, as Leicester repeatedly broke down the flow of Aston Villa attacks. Ross Barkley’s opener had been cancelled out by a counterattack strike all part of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s plan.
An improved, dogged Leicester, better organised, more disciplined, as they sought to make up for a ruin of a Christmas, ended up rueing two more very preventable goals. Just as Barkley’s strike followed Jannik Vestergaard’s misdirected header, for the winner Jordan Ayew was robbed by Ian Maatsen, and after a quick exchange with fellow sub Emi Buendía, Leon Bailey was supplied a redemptive goal.
