Villa up to fifth in Premier League as Leicester hold Leeds
LONDON: Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Tuesday, as Leeds and Leicester played out a 1-1 draw in the battle to beat the drop.
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Tyrone Mings ensures things get better for upwardly-mobile Aston Villa
Aston Villa continued their push for Europe as they moved up to fifth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 home victory over Fulham.
Tyrone Mings heads Villa to win over Fulham
Aston Villa continued their push for Europe as they moved up to fifth place in the Premier League with a home victory over Fulham.
Tyrone Mings keeps Aston Villa on track for Europe with Fulham winner
Aston Villa returned to winning ways against Fulham to extend their unbeaten run to 10 matches and fuel their hopes of staging a spectacular finish to the campaign. Perhaps the biggest compliment to pay Villa is that, while this game did not pan out as comfortable as they would have hoped, they never really looked like conceding, let alone losing.
Arteta looks to Manchester City alumni to revive Arsenal’s title charge
O nly 11 months have passed since Oleksandr Zinchenko, a force of nature in those final weeks of Manchester City’s campaign, cut back for Rodri to equalise against Aston Villa and haul them to within one goal of the title. The player who retrieved the ball from Robin Olsen’s net and ferried it back towards halfway was Gabriel Jesus, not a scorer that day but far from redundant during the run-in. Jesus would have an indirect role in Ilkay Gündogan’s winner, making a run in behind that forced Tyrone Mings into a loose touch.
How Unai Emery has transformed Aston Villa into European contenders
T here is an image on Unai Emery’s Instagram of the Aston Villa manager immersed in his work after victory at Stamford Bridge this month that speaks to his dedication to his job. Emery is staring into his laptop, right hand clasped to a wireless mouse. It is a snapshot that chimes with the workaholic and obsessive coach known to regularly rack up 16-hour days. Emery often cuts his own clips of games to review with players individually and sometimes watches back Villa’s matches up to five times to prepare feedback for his staff and squad.
Ollie Watkins scores again for Aston Villa to send Everton back into drop zone
In-form Ollie Watkins scored for the fifth successive match in a 2-0 victory over Everton which ended new manager Sean Dyche’s 100 per cent home record and dropped the club back into the Premier League relegation zone.
Premier League wrap: Bad day for Everton in battle to beat the drop
Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins scored a penalty and Emiliano Buendia added a second goal as they beat Everton 2-0 in a frenetic Premier League encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday to leave the home side in the bottom three.