Aston Villa defeated Everton 1-0 in a match corresponding to the 22nd round of the Premier League, held at Villa Park stadium. According to information from the Argentine News Agency, the only goal of the match for the visitors was scored by Frenchman Thierno Barry at the 14th minute of the second half. With this result, the squad of Argentine players Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez and Emiliano Buendía missed a great opportunity to move up to second place in the championship and get closer to the top of the table after Arsenal's draw, the league leader, 0-0 against Nottingham Forest and Manchester City's (2nd place) 2-0 defeat to Manchester United. In this way, the 'Villains' remain in third place with 43 points and will travel to Turkey to face Fenerbahce in the seventh round of the Europa League group stage, next Thursday starting at 14:45. Meanwhile, the 'Toffees' reached the tenth position in the competition with 32 points and will host Leeds United in the next Premier League match on Monday, January 26, starting at 17:00. Aston Villa started the match better and came close to opening the score with Evann Guessand, who entered at the 18th minute of the first half for John McGinn, but his shot hit the post. This way, the result did not change until the break and remained goalless. However, an error in the home team's exit between defenders Ezri Konsa and Pau Torres led to Everton's goal at the feet of Thierno Barry. The Frenchman took advantage of a rebound from Dibu Martínez after a Dwight McNeil shot and delicately finished over the Albiceleste goalkeeper. From that point on, Unai Emery's men, affected by the unexpected blow, were far from finding an equalizer and suffered a home defeat. Meanwhile, Wolves (20th) and Newcastle (8th) could not gain an advantage in a duel that ended in a goalless draw, played at the Molineux Stadium in the city of Wolverhampton.
