Rico Lewis and Omari Kellyman wowed by Aston Villa youngster's debut display last night
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Aston Villa reached the fourth round of the League Cup on Tuesday night as they ran out 2-1 winners over Wycombe Wanderers.
Emi Buendia marked his first senior start since May 2023 with the game’s opening goal, a looping header in the 55th minute.
Villa then doubled their lead five minutes from time as Jhon Duran won a penalty and duly converted from the spot.
Although Wycombe struck late on through Richard Kone, it was too little too late for the hosts as Villa went through at their expense.
Villans boss Unai Emery also used the fixture as an opportunity to hand game time to some of the club’s youngsters.
Joe Gauci and Kadan Young both enjoyed full debuts, while Kosta Nedeljkovic, Lamare Bogarde and Sil Swinkels also started.
Aidan Borland, Ben Broggio, Travis Patterson and Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba also made their first outings for Villa as they came on off the bench.
After the game, Young took to Instagram with a message celebrating his debut.
A number of his peers – including Manchester City’s Rico Lewis, Chelsea’s Omari Kellyman and Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly – congratulated him.
What Manchester City’s Rico Lewis and Chelsea’s Omari Kellyman wrote to Aston Villa’s Kadan Young
Young wrote: “Proud moment for me and my family making my debut last night”. He also tagged Villa’s Instagram account.
Buendia wrote “well done”, Man City’s Lewis put ‘congrats bro’, Chelsea’s Kellyman wrote “my brother” and Arsenal’s Lewis-Skelly put ‘yesss bro’.
How did Kadan Young do on his Aston Villa debut?
As per Sofascore, Young took 29 touches of the ball, completed 14 of his 20 passes, completed two dribbles and won three ground duels and one aerial duel.
John Townley of the Birmingham Mail gave Young a 7 out of 10 rating for his efforts on the night.
“Young is a throwback of a winger,” wrote Townley.
“He constantly wants to size his opponent up and get past them, reach the byline and produce a cross.
“He’s positive and that’s what Emery likes about the youngster. His cross led to Buendia’s opener.”
