Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United: Season of the witch
One of the straight up delights of Anton Stach this season is that Leeds United have a technical and witty player who can and does fire free-kicks, without fuss, straight into the back of the net.
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Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa: Always something new to sell
Football's trying very hard to trade excitement away for the predictable routine of a bizarrely furious careers fair but I'm still clinging, to Struijk heading and Martinez saving, for one random thrill.
Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: Complete, or something
“This, for me, was our most complete performance that we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Jesse Marsch afterwards. “The best example of the way that I believe the team can play.”
Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa: 90 minutes, shakedown
At the core of Jesse Marsch's strategy is an acronym, S.A.R.D., standing for a bunch of German phrases that translate as 'Get into 'em, fuck 'em up.'
Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa: We go way back
Somewhere in this uncanny hinterland between kickabout and full league match, someone risks getting hurt, especially a schoolboy trying to work out how things work, where a bitter clogger thinks he can teach him.
Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United: Never Too Late
Only football can do this. Humans have done a lot of damage to this planet over millennia. But over the last 150 years some humans have kicked a football into a net at just the right moment and made it all feel like a price worth paying.