Dibu Martínez’s Villans fell 3-1 against the Magpies, on matchday 22 of the Premier League. Despite this result, those led by Unai Emery remain within the zone for the Champion League.
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70′ 2T: Aston Villa – Goal from a play by Oliver George Arthur Watkins 51′ 2T: Aston Villa – Goal against by Alexandre Moreno Lopera 35′ 1T: Newcastle United – Goal from a play by Fabian Lukas Schär 31′ 1T: Newcastle United – Goal from Fabian Lukas Schär
Newcastle beat Aston Villa 3-1, on matchday 22 of the Premier League. The Magpies’ goals were scored by Fabian Schär, twice, and Álex Moreno against, while Ollie Watkins converted the injury time for the Villans. Despite this result, Emiliano Martínez’s team remains in the Champions League qualification zone.
At the start of the match, The Magpies went out to Villa Park looking for the goal, which would allow them to end a streak of four consecutive defeats. The first clear chance for those led by Eddie Howe was at 20 minutes, with Anthony Gordon’s one-on-one, but that Draw ended up clearing.
About the first half hour of play, the Swiss centre-back appeared behind Douglas Luiz and Ezri Konsa and only had to deflect Kieran Trippier’s cross, who had been left dead on the penalty spot, to open the scoring. After a while, the three-time World Cup player with his national team took advantage of the set piece again and converted the partial 2-0 on the rebound, after the English number 10’s shot hit the crossbar.
Having just started the complement, Newecastle would hit hard again. At six minutes, Miguel Almirón, who had entered due to Alexander Isak’s injury, scored a cross for Jacob Murphy, who scored with the tip of the boot. But when it seemed like it was going to be a goal for the former Norwich City, Moreno tried to close the goal, since the Argentine goalkeeper had missed the play, and he ended up putting the ball into his own fence and hurting his right ankle. against the stick.
When the result was expected to be even larger, those led by Emery reacted. The first clear shot was from Moussa Diaby, which Schär sent into the corner after 15 minutes. But, almost a quarter of an hour later, Leon Bailey made a pass into the void for the French striker, who gave it to Watkins with a low cross to put definitive figures into the match.
With this result, Newcastle accumulates 32 points, surpassing Brighton, who had lost earlier against Luton Town, and is in the only place in the Conference League; while Aston Villa remains in the Champions League, with three points more than Tottenham, who has one game less. On the next day, St James’ Park will be the venue for the duel between the Geordies and the Hatters. On the other hand, those from Birmingham will visit Sheffield United, the last in the table.
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