Morgan Rogers inspired the Lions to victory with his first career hat-trick, including two goals in the opening five minutes, and although Celtic fought back with a brace from Adam Idah, the Premier League side prevailed to seal a top-eight finish in the 36-team standings.
But in Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers they have two local boys eager to back-up excellent performances in Wednesday’s Champions League win over Celtic. Rogers stole the headlines by scoring a hat-trick and becoming the first player to score twice in the first five minutes of a match in the competition’s history.
A contest between two of the Premier League’s scoring leaders is set when Ollie Watkins (eighth) and Aston Villa meet Wolverhampton Wanderers and Matheus Cunha (eighth) on Saturday, February
Wolves are still in the race for the out-of-favour Premier League defender and could swoop if they fail to sign top target Kevin Danso.
Vitor Pereira’s Wolves have lost four in a row to drop back into the relegation zone as their new manager bounce is well and truly over. Pereira’s side lost 1-0 at home against Arsenal last weekend despite being up a player for a large chunk of the game. Defensive issues continue to hamper Wolves who are very easy to create chances against.
With the January transfer window open, Paris Saint-Germain has an opportunity to offload players who no longer fit into their plans—and Marco Asensio appears to be one of them.Since November 30,
Wolves have been relegated from the top flight in both of the previous instances in which they started a calendar year with four consecutive losses, in 1906 and 1982
Ollie Watkins is ‘open’ to joining Arsenal before the transfer deadline if Aston Villa back down and agree a deal with the Gunners. The future of England striker Watkins looks set to be one of the biggest talking points in the final few days of the transfer window after he was the subject of a big-money offer from Arsenal.
Aston Villa are set to accelerate their bid to sign Wolves star Matheus Cunha in the closing stages of the window after Jhon Duran's exit.
The north London club are keen on an in-form Premier League star, but Unai Emery's side are planning to bid for him in the January transfer window as a replacement for a departing player
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Villa will bank £65million plus add-ons for Duran, who will complete his move on Friday, and want to utilise those funds to strengthen Unai Emery 's push for European qualification.