Aston Villa came from behind to claim all three points against Crystal Palace in an exciting 3-1 win at Villa Park on Saturday 16 September.
Crystal Palace took the lead early in the second half, thanks to attacking play, when Odsonne Edouard finished off Jean-Philippe Mateta’s excellent wing play after Villa had dominated much of the contest.
It wasn’t until the 87th minute that Jhon Duran scored a surprising equalizer against Douglas Luiz, and Leon Bailey scored in stoppage time to seal the victory and bring Villans back to winning ways after a 3-0 defeat against Liverpool before that. international armistice agreement.
The result puts Villa above their opponents in seventh place with nine points from their opening five matches.
Here, Aston Villa News rates Villa players on a 10-point scale for their performance against Crystal Palace.
The Argentinian goalkeeper can certainly count himself lucky to have been saved by his teammates after a terrifying slip led to Crystal Palace’s opening goal. He still had a comfortable afternoon and made an important save against Ebere Eze, the score was still 1-0 for the away team.
Matty Cash – 5
After some excellent performances, notably against Burnley, Everton and the Europa Conference League qualifying second leg against Hibernian, the 26-year-old struggled to keep up after a disastrous afternoon against Liverpool was postponed. back until the international break for Poland and like many other players. His teammate this afternoon, Cash will not be pleased with his individual performance.
Ezri Konsa – 5
Konsa has proven himself a mainstay during Emery’s time at Aston Villa, forming a strong partnership with Tyrone Mings, but he will now have to lack the presence and leadership of Mings and the performances of him against Palace showed he has a long way to go before he can consider himself a safe defender in the absence of his compatriots. Konsa seemed uneasy against Edouard, who ran around him throughout the match.
A quality defender in his day and his incredible pass for Moussa Diaby’s disallowed strike was simply breathtaking, but the way he was beaten because of Jean’s pace and strength -Philippe Mateta in Palace’s opener was extremely worrying and left Aston Villa wondering if this was going to happen. What would have happened if Tyrone Mings had been on the field? Sure is not.
Lucas Digne – 7
If there’s one player who has seen significant improvement at Villa Park in recent weeks, it’s Lucas Digne, who had a shining afternoon, a huge improvement on his performances. against Liverpool before the international break, adding an assist and a total of eight wins. dueled but lost control 33 times [SofaScore] But it was a truly influential performance from the Frenchman, and also quite timely for Alex Moreno after injury.
Boubacar Kamara – 
A poor performance from such a talented midfielder. Kamara faces Youri Tielemans for his midfield spot and this performance could tip Emery’s decision in favor of the Belgian over the Frenchman and a seed has certainly been sown as Emery marked Kamara for Tielemans in the 57th minute. The former Marseillais man recorded four wins in duels on the ground, completing five of seven long balls [SofaScore], but that’s all as he was largely ineffective alongside Luiz. His starting position at Villa Park is under serious threat.
