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By Michael BeardmoreBBC Sport
Last updated on 18 minutes ago.From the section Premier League
Ezri Konsa's header was the 10th goal Leicester have let in from set-pieces this season - the top flight's joint highestEzri Konsa scored twice as Aston Villa came from behind to return to winning ways under new boss Steven Gerrard by beating Leicester in an exciting Premier League encounter.
Having suffered defeat for the first time in Gerrard's embryonic reign at home to Manchester City in midweek, Villa again fell behind to Harvey Barnes' opener for the Foxes.
However, defender Konsa touched home Emi Buendia's header to equalise almost immediately and nodded home a deep second-half corner to make it three wins from four since Gerrard took charge.
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Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers dropped Jamie Vardy to hand Patson Daka a first Premier League start and the Zambia striker set up Barnes to coolly slot through Konsa's legs and past Emi Martinez.
The advantage lasted just three minutes, Buendia craning his neck muscles to propel Matty Cash's cushioned header towards the bottom corner, with Konsa poking home to make sure.
Villa thought they were ahead on the stroke of half-time as Kasper Schmeichel parried another Cash knockdown and Jacob Ramsey fired home but the keeper had one hand on the grounded ball and Michael Oliver correctly ruled the goal out after a check from the video assistant referee.
In the end, it mattered little as Konsa punished Leicester's ongoing set-piece shortcomings by nodding home John McGinn's corner to push Villa above the Foxes into 10th place.
Villa should have won by more as Ollie Watkins and Ramsey wasted glorious chances on the break although the hosts needed a fantastic fingertip save from Martinez to thwart a Barnes header and seal the points.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number19Player nameNakamba
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number8Player nameSanson
Squad number16Player nameTuanzebe
Squad number33Player nameChukwuemeka
Leicester City
Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Squad number6Player nameEvans
Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü
Squad number33Player nameThomas
Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
Squad number25Player nameNdidi
Squad number37Player nameLookman
Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number7Player nameBarnes
Squad number29Player nameDaka
Squad number9Player nameVardy
Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Martínez
- 2Cash
- 4Konsa
- 5Mings
- 18Young
- 7McGinn
- 19NakambaBooked at 55mins
- 6Douglas LuizSubstituted forSansonat 77'minutes
- 41J RamseySubstituted forTuanzebeat 84'minutes
- 11Watkins
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Sanson
- 12Steer
- 16Tuanzebe
- 21El Ghazi
- 30Hause
- 32Philogene-Bidace
- 33Chukwuemeka
- 39Davis
- 47Iroegbunam
Leicester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 27Castagne
- 6Evans
- 4Söyüncü
- 33Thomas
- 22Dewsbury-HallSubstituted forIheanachoat 86'minutes
- 25Ndidi
- 37LookmanSubstituted forVardyat 65'minutes
- 10MaddisonBooked at 90mins
- 7Barnes
- 29DakaSubstituted forPérezat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Vardy
- 11Albrighton
- 12Ward
- 14Iheanacho
- 17Pérez
- 20Choudhury
- 23Vestergaard
- 38Daley-Campbell
- 42Soumaré
Referee:Michael Oliver
Attendance:41,572
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 1.
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ashley Young.
Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Çaglar Söyüncü with a cross.
James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Maddison (Leicester City).
Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ashley Young (Aston Villa).
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
Ashley Young (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Marvelous Nakamba.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
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