:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mentormedier/A2Y3OYF7MSVEMYWAPGIBWVQGMM.jpg "Aston Villa hit back hard and humiliated Sheffield United at home – Dagsavisen")
It was a relentless away team that took to Bramall Lane in Saturday night’s game. The scoreboard read 0-3 even before a half-time.
The goals of John McGinn, Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey came in the space of eight minutes. Later, Youri Tielemans and Youri Tielemans also found the web masks.
The win was Aston Villa’s first in the league in 2024. Unai Emery’s men started the year with a 0-0 draw against Everton and a 1-3 loss to Newcastle. The rise in Sheffield took Villa up to 46 points, and that is good for 4th place after this weekend’s round.
Watkins became the season’s first PL player to have both double-digit goals (11) and assists (10), report Eight.
Sheffield United are hopelessly at the bottom of the Premier League table. The promotion team has picked up ten points from 23 games, and that is the same number of points as it separates them from a safe place.
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