Aston Villa beat Brentford in secret friendly as new signings get chance to impress

Aston Villa played out a 2-1 win over Brentford in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Villa Park this afternoon.

Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings got the goals for Steven Gerrard's side, with new recruits Robin Olsen and Calum Chambers making their Villa Park "debuts".

Villa went behind after Bees' midfielder Josh Dasilva notched before Watkins and then Mings hit back in the second half.

Here's some of the talking points off the back of the 2-1 friendly win with Villa releasing some telling photos from inside Villa Park earlier.

Danny Ings started ahead of Ollie Watkins for this one, with the latter coming on at half-time as the pair shared striker duties.

Villa's report outlined how Ings "tested Brentford’s No.1 three times in as many minutes as Villa piled on the pressure".

The ex-Southampton man did put one into the net as he followed up Carney Chukwuemeka's shot - but was flagged for offside on 42 minutes.

Brentford's goal came via a defensive lapse via Kortney Hause as Dasilva pounced on the centre-back's miscontrol on 42 minutes to put the London club 1-0 up. "The Bees scored with their first shot of the match when Dasilva capitalised on a defensive mistake and fired past Robin Olsen from a tight angle," Villa outlined.

Youngster Jacob Ramsey appears to be keeping up his fine form having almost scored a brilliant solo strike in B6 this afternoon.

The 20-year-old "picked the ball up just inside Brentford’s half and embarked on a mazy run that nearly ended in a stunning goal" after drawing in five defenders before arriving at the penalty box and pulling a shot across goal, forcing David Raya into a one-handed save.

After the break, it was Chukwuemeka who was at it again - this time teeing up substitute Watkins on 56