Leon Bailey admitted he injured himself whereas scoring throughout his match-winning cameo for Aston Villa
The ahead was on the pitch for simply 21 minutes however grabbed a objective and an help as Villa scored thrice in 9 minutes to beat Everton 3-0.
Bailey netted his first objective since his £25million summer season transfer from Bayer Leverkusen however was compelled off quickly after on Saturday.
“The harm was really from the shot – I believe I hit it too onerous so I began feeling somewhat stiff in my quad. However I don’t assume it must be something severe,” he instructed the membership’s official web site.
“As an alternative of risking it I made a decision to come back out – as a result of we have now quite a bit video games developing. So no worries.
“It’s my second time at Villa Park, the primary time I used to be injured watching from the stands. However to truly be on the pitch, listening to the followers, it’s such a tremendous feeling.
“I’m completely satisfied to be right here, simply grateful I used to be capable of do what I did within the 21 minutes that I used to be on the pitch.
“For us, it’s the right evening – good three factors, staff performed nice, we’re excited.”
Villa opened the scoring after 65 minutes when Matty Money minimize inside and fired past Asmir Begovic.
Three minutes later it was 2-0 when Lucas Digne glanced Bailey’s nook into his personal web earlier than Bailey raced onto Danny Ings’ go to web his first objective for Villa.
Victory lifted Villa to tenth within the Premier League whereas Everton suffered their first defeat beneath Rafael Benitez.
“The result’s an enormous disappointment for us as a result of we had been in a superb second,” Toffees midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure instructed the membership’s official web site.
“The staff was doing nicely. We missed some key gamers, so it was onerous for us. It’s a small setback and subsequent week we need to come again and win at dwelling.
“I believe we performed fairly nicely for 60 minutes.
“We had an amazing likelihood simply earlier than they scored, and I believe the sport may have been completely different however we all know within the Premier League each recreation is hard. They scored one objective and saved the momentum, and it was onerous for us to come back again.
“We have to work onerous and alter this defeat right into a win within the subsequent recreation.”