Go Ahead Eagles Hold On To Stun Aston Villa After Buendía’s Spot-kick Miss

Aston Villa suffered a Europa League humbling arsenic they were beaten by nan Dutch minnows Go Ahead Eagles successful Deventer.

Unai Emery’s broadside looked bully to widen their winning streak to six matches successful each competitions erstwhile they went up successful nan 4th infinitesimal done Evann Guessand.

They missed a big of chances to decorativeness nan game, though, and came unstuck arsenic goals from Mathis Suray and Mats Deijl either broadside of half-time gave Go Ahead Eagles a celebrated triumph successful 1 of nan biggest games successful their history.

This was an unexpected blip successful Villa’s quest to decorativeness successful nan apical 8 of nan convention shape arsenic Emery land a 5th Europa League title, and Emiliano Buendía missed a punishment precocious connected to get his broadside backmost connected level terms.

It was besides a disappointing nighttime for Jadon Sancho, who grounded to make a telling effect connected conscionable nan 2nd commencement of his indebtedness move from Manchester United and was withdrawn successful nan 2nd half.

Villa, who look in-form Manchester City connected Sunday, should still person capable to make it done nan convention shape of nan competition, though their adjacent lucifer is against Maccabi Tel-Aviv successful what has go a hugely politicised fixture.

Go Ahead Eagles are a provincial nine based 60 miles eastbound of Amsterdam who were playing successful nan Dutch 2nd tier arsenic precocious arsenic 2021. The ambiance successful nan 10,000-capacity De Adelaarshorst was raucous astatine nan commencement of nan lucifer but Villa needed only minutes to quieten them down.

Buendía fed Sancho down nan near and his transverse was clawed distant by nan location goalkeeper Jari De Busser, but only into nan way of Guessand, who slotted into an quiet net. It was his first extremity successful a Villa garment pursuing his £25m summertime move from Nice.

Mats Deijl turns successful Go Ahead Eagles’ winning extremity from adjacent range. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock

Villa could person been retired of show pinch only 10 minutes connected nan timepiece but Ollie Watkins spurned a glorious chance aft shooting consecutive astatine De Busser, who besides saved Sancho’s changeable pursuing a jinking tally into nan punishment area.

They should decidedly person been further up conscionable earlier nan half hr erstwhile Buendia played Guessand done connected extremity but nan Frenchman dallied and saw De Busser artifact his effort.

Emery’s broadside were successful full power but were pegged backmost retired of nan bluish successful nan 42nd minute. The Villa defence were incapable to woody pinch a floated free-kick and nan shot fell to Suray, whose changeable took a immense deflection and looped into nan apical corner.

The turnaround was complete 15 minutes into nan 2nd half arsenic skipper Deijl controlled Joris Kramer’s transverse pinch his thorax and poked past Emiliano Martínez.

Villa threw connected Morgan Rogers, Donyell Malen and John McGinn successful a bid to get backmost into nan crippled and Rogers collapsed a cross-shot into nan woodwork. They were handed nan cleanable chance to level successful nan 77th infinitesimal erstwhile Dean James handled successful nan area. However, pinch nan upwind and rainfall swirling, Buendía skied his punishment and Villa’s way to a comeback was blocked.

Rogers coiled inches wide but a precocious rally was ne'er connected nan cards and location was a firework show arsenic Go Ahead Eagles celebrated a memorable win.