Aston Villa saved a heartbreaking draw against Sheffield United: Dibu Martínez failed to keep his goal clean, but still had a save in his collection

Aston Villa achieved a heartbreaking draw at home with a 1-1 draw against the weak and recently promoted side Sheffield United which, at the beginning of the 18th, allowed him to temporarily climb to the summit of the premier league next to Arsenalwho are also first on goal difference and with a game in hand. Emiliano Dibu Martinez He failed to finish with a clean sheet, but managed to make a cinematic save after flying and flying to shoot on target. Oliver Norwood.

It was a complicated match for the Villains, who couldn’t find a way to defeat Sheffiel who had started the day from the bottom of the table. Yes, there was a duel of opposites and it was much more even than everyone imagined.

It looked like the clash had been resolved with the appearance of Jamaican Leon Bailley, but VAR put a magnifying glass on the action and discovered that Jacob Ramsey had fouled Wes Foderingham, the visiting goalkeeper. Anthony Taylor approached the monitor and decided to cancel the show.

It was then that the Dibu fly appeared, which until then had not had much work. Sheffield United’s next arrival was lethal and ended with the former Independiente man going for the ball in his own net.

Cameron Archer, among six defenders, opened the account after a stunning play by Gustavo Hamer, who went all the way and left Scotsman John McGinn sprawled on the floor. Thus, in the 42nd minute of the second half, he broke the deadlock in a Villa Park team that was struggling and left Unai Emery’s team without a long unbeaten run at home.

But Aston Villa is a courageous team that carries on like crazy. He came out looking for an equalizer and got his reward in the seventh minute of injury time when Italian Nicolò Zaniolo looked for a cross rained in from the left by Brazilian Douglas Luizy and capitalized on Wes Foderingham’s terrible start.

So Aston Villa is left waiting. They drew with Arsenal, who will visit Liverpool, who were one point behind, on Saturday at 2.30pm. Any result will leave him in third place at the end of the day. Likewise, without a doubt, he is an activist.