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Neil Moxley

Aston Villa star left pitch in tears after nightmare miss with last kick of game

Leon Bailey left the pitch in tears after an injury-time howler cost Aston Villa a derby victory.

The Jamaica international had to be dragged off the ground by his team-mates as he lay prostrate after failing to find an empty net with the goal gaping. Villa had been on the back foot for large chunks of this but had grabbed a lifeline when Danny Ings jumped off the bench to level Daniel Podence’s early opener.

And it looked as though they had snatched victory in the dying seconds as he charged through and took the ball around Wolves ’ keeper Jose Sa. But the chance was on his right foot and he failed to connect properly, sending the ball dribbling the wrong side of the post.

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