Unai Emery he’s pretty close to taking Aston Villa into European competitions. The Basque coach has completely transformed the ‘villains’, who are full of confidence and will temporarily put themselves in fifth place in the Premier League, ahead of Tottenham, after beating Fulham with a single goal from the central defender Tyrone Mings (1-0). It has now been twelve days in a row without the Birmingham team losing.
Despite the fact that Fulham started the game well and after 22 seconds they had a chance Andreas Pereira whose scissor shot went near the post, Aston Villa took the initiative of the game and had more of the ball in the first half.
The dominance of Emery’s team resulted in the score in the 21st minute from a corner kick thrown by John McGinn who combed his back to the goal mings at the near post for the ball to go into the second.
Aston Villa maintained their dominance and will be looking to extend their average lead Ollie Watkins, but now the English forward, author of 14 goals this season, is less successful than usual.
A Fulham unbeaten by casualties
After the break, Fulham had more possession against a somewhat withdrawn Aston Villa, but they lacked attacking punch. The team has no doubts Mark Silva he missed his scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, allowed, to Willian, last minute collapse, and blamed the damage of Harry Wilson, who retired a quarter of an hour later after scoring in the last two games.
The purpose Dibu Martinez It was almost another spectacle of a game as Fulham, ninth in the table and already a long way from the European positions, barely managed to shoot once between the three sticks all game.
However, Aston Villa did not close the game despite having several chances, such as one of the Watkins who, after a great individual action, shot high.
Goal disallowed against Fulham
emery, who, as usual, lived up to the game on the bench, not breathing a sigh of relief until the final whistle as Fulham’s own goal was canceled out in the 82nd minute Ashley Young after starting Harrison Reed offside. This was the only fear for a very solid Aston Villa in defence.
Source: La Verdad
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