Ollie Watkins and Jhon Durán complete Villa fightback and down Wolves
For Aston Villa, this was a thoroughly satisfying end to a difficult and yet historic week. Villa mourned the loss of Gary Shaw, the youngest member of their 1982 European Cup-winning team, and made an impeccable return to Europe’s premier club competition. Before kick-off, there was a rousing minute’s applause for Shaw and by the end a buoyant crowd celebrated a comeback victory.
With 72 minutes on the clock, Wolves led Villa courtesy of Matheus Cunha’s whipped strike after seizing on Diego Carlos’s sloppy pass but imploded after Ollie Watkins levelled. Ezri Konsa notched what he presumably thought was the winner on 88 minutes and then the in-form Jhon Durán – yet to start a game this season – helped himself to his fourth goal of the campaign from close range.
