Villa’s Villa Park unbeaten record comes to an end as they come unstuck against Newcastle
Newcastle United ended Aston Villa’s unbeaten record of seventeen Premier League games last night as Eddie Howe’s side taught Unai Emery’s side a lesson for the second team this season.
Villa hasn’t been great for a while. I would go as far back as the win over Manchester City at the beginning of December for the last time Villa played a good game. Some put this down to tiredness but there were no excuses last night following their winter break. Villa were outdone on the night but the better side.
I just hope, similar to when we lost at St James Park in the opening weekend of the season, Villa bounce back and last night’s defeat is the kick up the backside the players require.
Report: Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle Emery and Howe both stuck with the sides that played in the FA Cup games at the weekend with Pau Torres remaining sidelined for Villa.
Newcastle were out the blocks quickly, exposing spaces all over the field while giving the home side very little time on the ball.
The visitors took a deserved lead just after the half-hour mark when Anthony Gordon’s effort was deflected wide by Clément Lenglet. Kieran Trippier picked out Fabian Schär from the resulting corner who was left unmarked to fire Newcastle into the lead.
Howe’s side took just five minutes to double their lead, leaving Villa Park in shock. Gordon, who was a constant threat all night, could only watch on as his volley was pushed onto the underside of the bar but Schä...
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