Aston Villa vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Leicester City twice came from a goal down in a frenetic first half to eventually claim a valuable 4-2 victory at Aston Villa in a Premier League thriller on Saturday.
It looked like another bleak day for out-of-form Leicester when Ollie Watkins gave Villa an early lead from close range.
James Maddison levelled soon afterwards but Leicester’s new signing Harry Souttar then scored into his own goal while trying to defend a low cross from Watkins.
But Leicester stunned their hosts with Kelechi Iheanacho heading past Emiliano Martinez in the 41st minute and then Tete marking his debut with a goal in first-half stoppage time after Villa carelessly conceded possession.
The second half was sedate by comparison but Villa did think they had levelled through Philippe Coutinho only for his effort to be ruled out for offside.
Leicester wrapped up their first league win since November in the 79th minute when Dennis Praet latched on to a Harvey Barnes through ball.
Victory lifted Leicester to 21 points, three points above the bottom three, while Villa remain in 11th place with 28.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Villa get another corner out of that Ward save. From Luiz's cross, Buendia rattles the crossbar again with a header from the left of the six-yard box. Leicester's goal is living a charmed life at the moment.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Villa are starting to pepper Leicester's goal. From the corner, Young shoots from outside the box. It's blocked. Bailey has a go himself and Ward dives low to his right to push the Jamaican's effort aside.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Digne rolls the ball inside from the left to Buendia, who fizzes it across goal. Watkins arrives at the far post for what should be a tap-in, but can't get his feet together! Leicester hurriedly clear to concede a corner.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Villa are edging possession at the moment. Leicester have plenty of pace to worry the hosts on the counter though.
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