Paul Merson couldn’t conceal his delight with Aston Villa attacker Moussa Diaby.
The artistic attacker, who joined from Bayer Leverkusen in the summertime, has hit the bottom operating.
In motion most just lately towards Crystal Palace within the Premier League final weekend, Diaby as soon as once more proved pivotal within the Villains’ 3-1 victory.
Though trailing 1-0 with lower than 4 minutes of regular time to play, the Midlands giants, due to an equaliser from Jhon Duran, went on to win the sport 3-1 together with two injury-time targets from Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey.
And though Unai Emery will probably be delighted together with his aspect’s newest game-winning efficiency, there will probably be disappointment that Diaby was unable to get on the scoresheet.
The previous Leverkusen attacker discovered the again of the web earlier than VAR dominated the ahead’s effort offside, and regardless of the eventual ruling out, Merson was buzzing with the 24-year-old’s technically skill.
“Oh, what a aim. It’s to Aston Villa, it’s [Moussa] Diaby who scored it,” Merson mentioned dwell on Sky Sports activities.
“I don’t know who has handed the ball however the contact by Diaby and Clinton [Morrison] known as this lad out in the beginning of the season, he mentioned he’d be a famous person.
“What a contact, [the] ball comes excessive, I feel it’s [Pau] Torres who performs it, a diagonal.
“I don’t know if he’s offside, he brings it down after which he simply places it within the nook.
“Phenomenal contact, phenomenal aim, hopefully he’s onside because it’s price it, it’s completely price it.”
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