U21s: Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Aston Villa

Aston Villa scored three goals in five second-half minutes to come from behind and claim a 3-2 victory at Blackburn Rovers in Premier League 2 on Sunday.

The Young Lions were trailing 2-0 at the interval after Charlie Weston and Harrison Wood put the hosts in command inside the opening 19 minutes.

But Rico Richards reduced the deficit in the 51^st minute before Kobei Moore bagged a quickfire brace to turn the game on its head.

Villa duly closed out the entertaining encounter, which saw a total of 36 attempts on goal, to claim all three PL2 points.

Inigo Idiakez’s side are now unbeaten in five matches heading into Friday’s home encounter against Sunderland.

Weston broke the deadlock in the ninth minute to put Rovers in command early on, capitalising on his opening to fire past James Wright.

Rovers ‘keeper Nicholas Michalski was called into action to deny Finley Munroe and Moore as Villa searched for an immediate route back into the clash.

But it was Blackburn who doubled their advantage in the 19^th minute as Wood received the ball from Tom Bloxham before converting to make it 2-0.

But Villa needed just five minutes shortly after the interval to turn the game around.

Moments after Michalski had thwarted Moore from close range, Richards drilled home to give Villa a lifeline.

And it was one they more than took advantage of as Moore levelled the encounter in the 55^th minute courtesy of a well-taken finish.

Moore then bagged again just a minute later as his strike from the edge of the area found the net to complete a stunning turnaround.

Villa’s defence stood firm in the latter stages, James Wright coming to the rescue, as the visitors claimed an impressive triumph.