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RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa: Ross Barkley proves the difference in visitors' helter-skelter Champions League win

Sometimes all you need is a bit of luck. With time ticking away, Unai Emery was raging as Aston Villa looked like throwing away two points thanks to dreadfully slack defending.

Then moments after replacing Youri Tielemans, Ross Barkley’s shot from range deflected off RB Leipzig substitute Lukas Klostermann and Villa had the win that pushes them closer to an automatic place in the Champions League last 16.

Yet before that, Villa had been the authors of their own downfall – not for the first time, either.