Aston Villa achieved a late 3-2 win over Burnley to reach the second place in the league

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa got a really important 3-2 victory against Burnley in Villa Park on the twentieth day of the 2023/2024, where the Villains sealed their dominance with a penalty converted at the last minutes of the game after a great reaction from their rival, who was about to surprise them with their classy and adventurous football.

Aston Villa opened the scoring in the 28th with a goal by Leon Bailey, who fired into the roof of the net from an Ollie Watkins assist to break the deadlock, which was responded through Zeki Amdouni with a great volley that made the equalizer for a combative Burnley only three minutes later.

The Villains got the lead of the game before the halftime through a goal scored by Moussa Diaby in the 42nd, few minutes before Burnley went down to 10 players when Sander Berge was shown a second yellow card for a tug on Douglas Luiz’s shirt, which increased the confidence of the locals at the start of the second half.

Douglas Luiz was the hero for the Villains

However, Burnley surprised Emery's side with a new equalizing goal in the 71st, which forced the locals to give their best to fight for the three points to grant their presence at the top positions of the Premier League. As a benefit from their effort, an 89th minute penalty from Douglas Luiz earned the 3-2 for the locals, a result which provisionally moved Aston Villa to the second position of the Premier League.