Forget Ramsey: "Unplayable" Villa ace who had less passes than Martinez stole the show - opinion

Aston Villa were held to a 3-3 draw at home to Leeds United on Wednesday night in a thrilling clash in the Premier League.

Steven Gerrard’s side fell behind in the contest before rescuing things to lead 3-1 at one point. That advantage was eventually pegged back mid-way through the second-half, with Ezri Konsa then receiving his marching orders for a second bookable offence.

While the Villa boss will surely be frustrated with the way his side threw away a two-goal lead in the game, he will be very excited at the kind of performance one of his January signings put in: Philippe Coutinho.

The Brazilian brought Gerrard’s side back into the game after Daniel James’ opener, controlling a cut-back from Matty Cash before firing low past Illan Meslier into the corner of the net.

The Barcelona loanee then turned provider with a pair of assists, with the second seeing him run forward on a quick counter-attack before checking back inside and delivering a perfectly weighted ball into the path of Jacob Ramsey to fire home the second of his two goals.

And, after seeing him set Ramsey that second just before half-time, BT Sport commentator Darren Fletcher dubbed Coutinho as being “unplayable”.

As per Sofascore, he completed the joint-most amount of dribbles on the night, and unsurprisingly led his team for the number of official big chances created with two – he also provided another two key passes too.

The Brazil international also managed to win four out of his eight ground duels, and chipped in with one tackle and one interception – the kind of defensive work that would have left Gerrard delighted.

What was most eye-catching about Coutinho was just how efficient he was, rarely wasting his opportunity on the ball – in fact, he only