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'Sleep tight' - Kalvin Phillips and Leeds United troll Gabby Agbonlahor after Aston Villa win

Kalvin Phillips may have missed Leeds United's victory over Aston Villa due to injury - but he still took great delight in the result.

Phillips took aim at former Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor after Friday night's 3-0 win.

Agbonlahor's recent comments about Leeds came back to haunt him as Patrick Bamford struck a superb hat-trick to end Villa's 100% start to the season.

The ex-Villa front man had dismissed Leeds as a "myth" and predicted they would be found out as the season wore on.

Agbonlahor doubled down on social media before the game, tweeting: "Good morning to everyone but Leeds fans."

At full-time, Phillips replied: "Goodnight to all Leeds fans... sleep tight @officialga11," followed by sleeping and yawning emojis.

The official Leeds United Twitter account also had some fun with a "How it started/How it ended" post, featuring a collage of Agbonlahor's tweets next to a photograph of a jubilant Bamford celebrating.


It was goalless at the break but Patrick Bamford struck a superb second-half hat-trick to give Marcelo Bielsa's men a third league win of the campaign.

Bamford opened the scoring 10 minutes after the interval, following up after Emiliano Martinez had initially saved a shot from Rodrigo.

The striker doubled Leeds' advantage in the 67th minute with a fine left-foot strike into the top corner.

And Bamford completed his treble with 74 minutes on the clock, curling a lovely effort beyond Martinez.

While Villa missed the chance to go top, Leeds moved up to third in the table.

 
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