He had reason to fight back, being modest in the last place of the table Sheffield Unitednek scoring only one point in the last two championships for Aston Villa, which played a 1-1 draw with the newcomer at the end of December, thus ending its 15-match domestic winning streak.
Unai Emery’s team left nothing to chance this time, scoring four goals in Wesley Foderingham’s goal in half an hour, deciding the fate of the three points in the early stages of the match. (0–4).
It was the third time in Aston Villa’s history that they scored three goals in the first twenty minutes of a Premier League match, and the first away from home. We have to go back to October 2011 in an away PL meeting where four goals were scored in the first half hour, when Chelsea achieved this feat once morest Bolton.
After the break, the visiting team blocked the goal post, but Álex Moreno still increased the gap to five goals, setting the final score at the same time. (0–5). Ollie Watkins, who provided the assist for the Spanish defender’s goal – scored a goal and an assist in the first half – became the first player in the current season to reach over ten goals and assists in the English top flight: the 28-year-old, nine-time England international forward He now has 11 goals and 10 assists.
It is interesting regarding Saturday’s matchday that the teams scored a total of 26 goals, such a high yield has never been seen on days when a maximum of five matches were played.
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