Roca gets into Oliver
Marc Roca became the protestor in chief for Leeds throughout the first half. Every time a Villa player committed a foul, it was Roca who was straight into Michael Oliver’s face, arms cemented to his sides, asking the question.
Douglas Luiz clocked up several offences in the opening period and Cooper had to pull Roca away from the man in the middle at one stage because of the strength of his protests.
Marsch and Young get friendly
As the ball went out by the dugouts in the first half, Ashley Young and Wilfried Gnonto were continuing the battle they had set out on the field. As Young got tangled with Jesse Marsch in looking for the loose ball, they began enthusiastically patting each other on the chest with beaming smiles.
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Ayling gets stuck into the Villa dugout
In the 63rd minute, after a series of Luke Ayling challenges Oliver had felt were overstepping the mark, the latest effort came right in front of the dugouts. One member of the Villa backroom team raced out to the touchline to berate the right-back and or the referee.
Ayling was quick to spring forward and give his own volley of thoughts into the back of the dugout. The ferocity of the exchange predictably drew the ire of the home fans behind the technical areas.
Ashley Young, the elder statesman of the Villa team, also trotted all the way over from the opposite corner of the field for a word with Ayling. He suggested to Ayling he had overstepped the mark with his comments at the technical staff.
The Leeds right-back did not agree.
Marsch out
The first cries of discontent from the Leeds faithful came at Leicester City. On that night, the away fans were asking what it was they were watching and where Marsch had disappeared to at the final whistle.
A few days later, as newly-promoted Fulham inflicted another home defeat upon the Whites, there were calls for him to be sacked in the morning. At Villa Park, there were repeated, short, sharp stabs of “Marsch out, Marsch out.”
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