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Aston Villa advanced into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup to set up a tie with local rivals Wolves after beating Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Wednesday night.
Jota opened the scoring with his first goal for the club before Conor Hourihane doubled the lead just after the half an hour mark with his third in the competition.
The home side were able to pull one back through youngster Haydon Roberts, but Jack Grealish put an end to any chance of a comeback with a fine half-volley to hand Villa a 3-1 victory.
Dean Smith made nine changes to his side as he looked to rest several of his first-team stars – winger Trezeguet kept his place while John McGinn was drafted in due to an injury to Henri Lansbury, who had been expected to feature.
It meant that Villa’s entire backline was rotated thus giving a rare opportunity to Kortney Hause and Ezri Konsa, who both joined the club permanently in the summer.
Neither player has been able to start a Premier League game yet this season with Bjorn Engels and Tyrone Mings forming a formidable partnership that has kept two clean sheets in six appearances, per the Premier League.
Therefore, they would have had to put in a very promising showing to prove their worth to Smith, but Konsa seemingly failed to do so.
The 21-year-old didn’t track Roberts as he gained a yard on the Villa man to head home their consolation goal.
Konsa also failed to register a single tackle or interception in the match and was dribbled past on one occasion, per SofaScore.
Despite playing the entire game, he failed to make his mark which only puts his hopes at gaining a shot amongst Villa’s Premier League line up in flames.
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Brighton boss Graham Potter named an entirely new XI to the one that drew at Newcastle United on Saturday, a side that had an average age of just a little over 21 suggesting it was primarily the youth setup involved.
Konsa’s showing is far from what would have been expected, especially if he’s wanting to break into the first-team picture anytime soon.