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Leno - How Auba deceived their keeper

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rose to the occasion to smash home a late, match-winning free-kick against Villa, and Bernd Leno admired the striker's technique from the other end of the pitch.

Our leading scorer took the set-piece himself after being brought down on the edge of the area, and left Villa keeper Tom Heaton wrong-footed with his unerring accuracy.

"I had the perfect view," Leno said after the game. "From behind I could see the shot, it was a knuckle-ball, I think and it's very difficult for the goalkeeper because he didn’t see the ball and it was a fantastic goal.