Villa Return To Winning Ways With A 4-0 Victory Over Woeful Everton
If Villa’s opening-day defeat to Newcastle was a warning, it was certainly heeded. The performance against Everton was disciplined, composed and (importantly) at key moments clinical. It was most certainly a warranted and welcome return to winning ways.
Villa were rampant from the off, forcing successive early corners against a visiting side that rapidly appeared ill-equipped for what lay ahead. In contrast, we were purposeful with our possession and it felt obvious that our growing control of the game was building towards a lead.
That lead came inside 20 minutes, after good work from Luiz, Bailey worked a precision ball into the path of McGinn. The Scotland captain made no mistake, volleying home the opener at The Holte End.
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We didn’t have to wait long for the second, after Everton ‘keeper Pickford inexplicably fouled Watkins in the area. It looked like a stone wall penalty live, despite Pickford’s remonstrations, and was confirmed after a brief VAR check.
Though it was perhaps a surprise to see Douglas Luiz standing over the spotkick, the Brazilian made no mistake, firing the ball into the bottom corner. Pickford was further rewarded with a yellow for his attempts to put Luiz off, which was of course, all in vain.
It could have been even worse for the visitors before the break. Diaby, already impressing with clever movement and link-up play with Bailey had two great chances. The first he’ll be...
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