Aston Villa come from behind to win at Fulham

Aston Villa rediscovered their winning form in the Premier League with a dominant 3-1 victory over 10-man Fulham.

Raul Jimenez’s fifth-minute fifth goal of the season had put Fulham ahead against a Villa side who had drawn their last two domestic matches.

But Morgan Rogers equalised soon after in the ninth and, after Andreas Pereira scuffed a penalty for Fulham, Ollie Watkins put Villa ahead before they took advantage of Joachim Andersen’s red card to wrap the game up through an Issa Diop own goal.

Fulham took the fight to Villa off the bat as Jimenez continued his impressive form to give the hosts the lead.

Skipper and goalkeeper Bernd Leno sent a long ball over the Villa defence to Jimenez and the Mexico international outmuscled Pau Torres before he buried his effort with his weaker left foot into the bottom right-hand corner.

But the hosts’ efforts were undone minutes later when Rogers equalised with the aid of a hefty deflection.

Rogers, who featured for England under-21s in the most recent international break, had a go from range but a touch from Calvin Bassey wrong-footed Leno as Unai Emery’s side levelled.

Jimenez was proving a handful and Villa struggled to deal with his presence in the box. Another long ball saw his headed knock-down connect with the hand of Matty Cash, sparking VAR to award a penalty. Brazil midfielder Pereira stepped up but he succumbed to the quality of penalty-saving expert Emi Martinez who denied him with a simple save in the bottom-right corner.

Pereira’s miss could be seen as deserved by Villa who would have felt hard done by after the decision against them, and they could have taken the lead themselves after, but Rogers’ squandered open-goal effort kept the match level going into the