Super-sub Jhon Durán: analysed by English football’s greatest super-sub

The detonation of noise that Jhon Durán’s winning strike against Bayern Munich unleashed was a moment the Villa Park faithful will savour for a lifetime. A wonderfully instinctive finish that underlined Villa’s return to Europe’s elite against the team they beat to win the European Cup 42 years ago. That the goal came from Villa’s walking weapon of mass disruption, this season’s super-sub extraordinaire, perhaps made the moment even more exhilarating still.Durán’s burgeoning super-sub status had already been embellished, of course, when he stepped off the bench to score match-winning goals in the Premier League against West Ham United, Leicester City and Everton. Of Durán’s 14 goals since joining Villa last year, ten have come from the bench. His Premier League minutes-per-goal ratio is only bettered by Erling Haaland. And yet, given the form and value of Ollie Watkins to Unai Emery, when Bologna visit Villa Park on Tuesday night the Colombia striker can once again…