Aston Villa vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction
Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham: Unai Emery’s Villa defeated the Cottagers to get back to winning ways
Aston Villa kept the pressure on the top four with a confident victory over Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Unai Emery’s men needed a response after losing to Nottingham Forest last time out and dominated from the start against the Cottagers.
The deadlock was broken through an Antonee Robinson own goal which was the result of constant pressure from Villa before John McGinn doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time.
When Ollie Watkins added a third four minutes after the hour mark, Villa had the game well in hand meaning a simple miss from Watkins later in the match didn’t cost them. Raul Jimenez pulled one back for Fulham who started to click with quarter of an hour to go but there wasn’t enough time left in the match for them to truly trouble Villa.
Relive all the action from Villa Park below:
Aston Villa vs Fulham
Pereira's first-time ball across the box picks out Willian on the right. The Brazilian winger skips inside before finding the side-netting with a low effort that prompts Martinez to make a precautionary dive down to his near post.
Aston Villa vs Fulham
Turning things on their head possession-wise, Fulham have had some 60 per cent of the ball during the opening part of this second half. They were starved of the ball before half-time, but that's all changed now.
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