Morgan Rogers noticed a late winner disallowed for Aston Villa as Unai Emery’s facet have been held to a irritating goalless draw with Juventus within the Champions League.
Emery, who’s now enduring his longest stretch and not using a win as Villa boss since taking on from Steven Gerrard in 2022, may solely watch on from the sidelines as his gamers floundered within the remaining third.
Lucas Digne got here closest to opening the scoring after his free-kick grazed the crossbar simply earlier than the break. Ollie Watkins additionally threatened however noticed his snapshot denied by Michele Di Gregorio within the Juventus purpose.
Rigidity in Villa Park continued to rise as time went on – however so did disappointment. The hosts lacked an edge within the remaining third, which has been a persistent subject all through this dip in kind that now stretches to seven video games.
Juventus posed little risk for a lot of the recreation however once they did, Francisco Conceicao was concerned. The outstretched arm of Emiliano Martinez was the one factor that stopped the No 7 heading his facet into the lead simply after the hour mark.
Di Gregorio was known as into motion once more to disclaim John McGinn from shut vary however finally the hosts didn’t do sufficient within the remaining third – and nearly held on defensively.
Morgan Rogers thought he had snatched victory within the dying embers of the sport however his celebrations have been minimize brief – after a prolonged spell of confusion within the stadium – for a foul within the build-up. A call which solely compounded the distress for the house crowd.
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Ideas will now flip to how Emery and his teaching workers can deal with this worrying patch of kind however the prospect of doing that away at Chelsea, reside on Sky Sports activities, this weekend is a frightening one.
Watkins: Disallowing Rogers purpose was tender
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins chatting with TNT Sports activities: “I thought it was soft.
“It had 0-0 written throughout it, so it could have been fortunate had we received it. Referees do not let issues go on this competitors as a lot within the Premier League. I’ve to watch out with what I say, but it surely’s out of our management actually.”
