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Jacob Ramsey further enhanced his ever-growing reputation, taking his tally of goals for the season to fourJacob Ramsey, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel James staged a three-way tussle for man of the match in a rollercoaster encounter that saw Aston Villa and Leeds share six goals in one of the Premier League games of the season.
In a gripping contest played at breakneck speed, the two attack-minded sides traded blow after blow, with Leeds landing the first courtesy of James' low finish into the far corner.
James had two further chances for the buoyant away side, hitting the bar with one from range, before Villa hit back in style, Coutinho twice setting up young midfielder Ramsey for a pair of superb finishes past Illan Meslier.
But the away side and James had the final word before the break, with the forward defying his small stature to leap and head home a looping ball from close range.
They also had the first and ultimately final say of the second half, drawing level when Diego Llorente fired in following a fluffed Tyrone Mings clearance from a corner.
There was still enough time for a red card too, with Villa's Ezri Konsa catching Meslier with a forearm after a corner to earn his second booking and an early exit.
The point maintains Leeds' six-point advantage over the bottom three and keeps Aston Villa 11th on 27 points, four more than the Whites.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number16Player nameChambers
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number33Player nameChukwuemeka
Leeds United
Squad number1Player nameMeslier
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number14Player nameLlorente
Squad number21Player nameStruijk
Squad number15Player nameDallas
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number43Player nameKlich
Squad number10Player nameRaphinha
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number22Player nameHarrison
Squad number20Player nameJames
Squad number4Player nameForshaw
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Martínez
- 2CashBooked at 90mins
- 4KonsaBooked at 87mins
- 5Mings
- 27Digne
- 7McGinn
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 41J RamseySubstituted forChambersat 89'minutes
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 59'minutes
- 11Watkins
- 23CoutinhoSubstituted forYoungat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Sanson
- 16Chambers
- 18Young
- 20Ings
- 25Olsen
- 30Hause
- 33Chukwuemeka
- 45Chrisene
- 47Iroegbunam
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 2Ayling
- 14Llorente
- 21Struijk
- 15DallasBooked at 45mins
- 5Koch
- 43KlichSubstituted forForshawat 85'minutes
- 10Raphinha
- 19RodrigoBooked at 90mins
- 22Harrison
- 20JamesBooked at 80mins
Substitutes
- 4Forshaw
- 11Roberts
- 13Klaesson
- 26Bate
- 30Gelhardt
- 33Hjelde
- 39McKinstry
- 46Shackleton
- 54Kenneh
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 3, Leeds United 3.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 3, Leeds United 3.
Rodrigo (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Raphinha (Leeds United).
Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Douglas Luiz.
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by John McGinn.
Diego Llorente (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ashley Young (Aston Villa).
Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rodrigo (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Matthew Cash (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Jacob Ramsey.
Second yellow card to Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
Illan Meslier (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa).
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stuart Dallas.
Substitution, Leeds United. Adam Forshaw replaces Mateusz Klich because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ashley Young.
Daniel James (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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