“It’s not over, not over yet,” broke the AP speakers at Villa Park in the moments before kick-off.
Two hours later, Aston Villa had shown their rivals for a place in the Champions League how true it is.
The success of 2006 by Klaxons proved the ideal afternoon soundtrack while the team of Unai Emery demolie Newcastle to move in the two points of their visitors and level with the fifth Nottingham forest, which plays Monday in northern London.
With the manager Eddie Howe always absent as he recovers in pneumonia, Newcastle was sad.
Not showing any sign of their agonizing outing in Paris Saint-Germain four days earlier, Villa also struck the woodwork three times.
They were ahead with barely 30 seconds on the chronometer through the Ollie Watkins recalled and although Fabian Schar had a level of Newcastle at halftime, Ian Maatsen rightly restored the Villa advance after an hour.
Aston Villa defeated Newcastle 4-1 in a boost to his hopes to qualify for the Champions League
It was a perfect answer for Villa after being eliminated from Europe by PSG Tuesday evening
Watkins put Aston Villa in advance after only 33 seconds on his return to the starting line
A clean goal of Dan Burn and a glorious strike by replacement Amadou Onana produced a score that reflected the domination of villa and they will go to Manchester City on Tuesday – another crucial match for their champions League prospects – with their arrow confidence.
Villa could not have hoped for a better start. Sandro Tonali’s poor authorization fell directly to Youri Tielemans, who has not waste time sending Watkins.
Schar’s deviation gave Nick Pope no chance and Villa was ahead after 32 seconds, Watkins drawing with Gabriel Agbonlahor on 74 goals in the Premier League for the club.
Watkins was preferred to Marcus Rashford here and there was a fraction far from a second in the fifth minute.
Workspace outside SCAR after collecting John McGinn’s shot, Watkins’s drive defeated Pope but hit the crossbar.
Newcastle had trouble. Schar was reserved for having shot Watkins while Villa Park shouted for a red card.
Then, Villa No11 took a boot in the face of Kieran Trippier – accidentally – and Marco Asensio was flattened by Pope while they dispute a cross.
However, Villa was in the 18th minute when they went out on the back and Newcastle Drew. When they failed to properly erase a free kick, Ezri Konsa played Scar next to the cross of Harvey Barnes and his head distant from Uncorded Schar, slipped through the legs of Emi Martinez.
Watkins’ goal shooted Fabian Schar and the goalkeeper Nick Pope
Scar equalized for visitors as he nodded in front of Emi Martinez from the Harvey Barnes cross
Schar scored for the second successive match while the Magpies retaliated in this crucial confrontation
Ian Maathsen put his 2-1 team when he scored his first goal in the Premier League of the Watkins pass
Asensio missed two penalties in Southampton last week and his mistake a few moments later was undoubtedly worse. The Spaniard was chosen by the cross of Ian Maathsen to divert six meters.
The almost continuous continues continued to come: Asensio signed a free kick from the left, Watkins established perfect contact with a header and was refused by the position.
Newcastle was heading in the game. Tonali tested Martinez with a weak 25 yards and Tino Livramento’s effort was blocked.
Between these chances, Morgan Rogers saw his shot diverted by Pope.
Watkins shouted for a penalty in the last minute of half-time after falling under Schar’s challenge.
Newcastle fans had become agitated to referee Jarred Gillett, but they were certainly grateful for him at the time.
Villa continued to force the pace after half-time. Tonali was parked on the post to divert Tielemans’s heads before Rogers loads and saw his shot blocked with SCHAR.
Then McGinn and Rogers were thwarted in rapid succession by Pope. At the other end, Bruno Guimaraes made his way in the box and played a smart pass for Alexander Isak, with Martinez relieved the shot was weak and his body.
Dan Burn then inadvertently transformed the Jacob Ramsey cross in his own goal shortly after
Amadou Onana crowned a victory as he scored with a sublime finish from the edge of the box
The UAI Emery team is up to sixth, but there are only two points behind Newcastle in third
Jason Tindall was in charge of Newcastle in the middle of the continuous absence of Eddie Howe
Villa made their pressure say shortly after the hour bar. Asensio found Watkins halfway inside half of the visitors and Jacob Murphy could not prevent the Maathsen who overlaps from rushing on the collar and ending up impressively through the pope.
McGinn was replaced by Jacob Ramsey after a wonderful performance and in seconds after his introduction, Ramsey created the third.
The midfielder found too easy to beat Trippier and when Tielemans missed the cross to the nearby post, the ball transformed Dan Burn and sank beyond the Pope.
Villa was now roaring. Rogers went head-on with Pope and although the goalkeeper stopped this one, he was helpless when Rogers kept the ball in life and Onana swept him out in the roof of the net from the edge of the box.
Soon it was Ramsey’s turn to get closer, hitting the interior of the post on the angle while the crowd pulled the songs of “Ole”. It’s not over yet, not by a long chalk.
