Leeds fans react to Aston Villa securing a seventh win in eight games

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05 Apr 2017, 3:58 am

By Harry Sykes

Leeds fans on Twitter are worried that Aston Villa could make a late promotion charge after they secured a seventh win in eight matches on Tuesday night.

Steve Bruce's side are the Championship's in-form team and kept their faint play-off hopes alive with a 1-0 win against QPR at Villa Park on Tuesday night.

It was a fourth consecutive triumph for the expensively-assembled Villa team, who are starting to gel following their expensive January overhaul.

This has created fresh tension among the better placed promotion hopefuls, including Leeds, who suffered a 2-0 defeat at Brentford on Tuesday night.

It was a second consecutive league loss for Garry Monk's side, who remain in fifth position and five points clear of Fulham in seventh.

Nevertheless, fans of Leeds are worried about Villa continuing their late charge and sneaking into the play-offs.

Here is a selection of their messages on Twitter:

I really don't want Villa to sneak into the playoffs. Feel they would be unstoppable now their expensive squad is beginning to gel. #lufc
— :) (@Max_LUFC) April 3, 2017

https://t.co/Dp7GcyiJLC #LUFC get on it. Villa trying their hardest to get something from the season 😂
— Anthony Lockton (@anthonylockton) April 3, 2017

Kodjia has been the driving force behind the renaissance of Bruce's team that has given their long-suffering fans hope of a late promotion surge.

Villa are 11th in the league and have narrowed the gap on Sheffield Wednesday in the final play-off position to nine points.

In other Leeds transfer news, the club have sealed an out-of-window midfielder transfer.

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