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Ten days after feeling aggrieved at Manchester City benefitting from a grey area of the rulebook, this time Aston Villa could count themselves fortunate after eking out victory courtesy of Ross Barkley after Southampton were deprived of a first-half penalty.
The video assistant referee decided against awarding Saints a spot-kick when Matt Cash handled and, inevitably, with six minutes to play, it was the Villa defender who made a last-ditch block to deny Jack Stephens an equaliser after John McGinn flung his body on the line. Into stoppage time, Danny Ings had the ball in the net, leading Ralph Hasenhüttl to charge on to the pitch in delight but the VAR again deflated the Saints. Continue reading...