The 20-year-old hoped to bait Wycombe’s narrow shape into pressing him, in turn freeing up space in the central areas further forward. In that time, only a matter of seconds, Ross Barkley looked over his shoulder to scan his surroundings four times.

Aston Villa may have only beaten lower league opposition with a win over Wycombe on Tuesday evening, but that victory has seen boss Unai Emery make history as boss of the club.

Emery has decided to make 10 changes from the side which started against Wolves at the weekend. Joe Gauci makes his full debut in front of a defence made up of Kosta Nedeljkovic, Lamare Bogarde, Sil Swinkels and Ian Maatse.