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Unai Emery delivered a Masterclass Smash and-Grab while Ollie Watkins kept the hopes of the Aston Villa Champions League by sealing the seventh victory of the team in eight Premier League games.
After sitting down and leaving Bournemouth’s initial whirlwind, visitors produced a burst at the end of the first half which was finally rewarded when Watkins made Morgan Rogers’ cross in the sixth minute of the time of arrest.
Villa was held in the second half despite the late red card by Jacob Ramsey with the exceptional goalkeeper Emi Martinez, and consequently, they jumped the Nottingham forest in sixth and join Newcastle and Chelsea on 63 points with these two teams which are played on Sunday in St James’ Park., While the Leicester host forest.
For Bournemouth, the prospects for a very first season in Europe in the conference league retreat with Brighton and Brentford exceeding them after their victories earlier on Saturday.
With the two games in good shape, the kick -off on Saturday evening made more sense than most of the lights at that time of the season.
The boss of Villa Unai Emery gave Amadou Onana the responsibility to cover the wounded with your Tielemans. Bournemouth also had a key absent, Dang Ouattara, with Antoine Semenyo deputy.
The intentions of the local team were clear with the left back Milos Kerkez pushing forward and Evanilson forcing Martinez to the only backup of the game in the first half hour.
Aware of the athletics of Bournemouth, Villa was happy to sit down and there were whistles of the crowd when they took time on kicks and throws.
Referee Stuart Attwell also helped them by throwing Tyrone Mings for a elbow on Alex Scott who left Bournemouth Roggy midfielder and held the match so that he could receive treatment.
Villa had been 10th when they lost 4-1 in Crystal Palace at the end of February, but their league results have resumed since then, despite the outings of the FA Cup and the Champions League.
Emery is known as a tactician master and with ATTWELL pulverizing yellow cards to disrupt the game more, his patient approach borne fruit at the end of the first half when visitors suddenly walked on gas.
After 43 minutes, Marco Asensio handled the ball smartly on the edge of the box and pierced a left kick against the post. During the next attack, the Cherries goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was forced to an excellent double backup of Boubacar Kamara and Matty Cash.
The six minutes of downtime were almost increasing when the late villa pressure has borne fruit.
Morgan Rogers won the possession of Antoine Semenyo in the last third by the touchline and his expert cross, Watkins beaten Illia Zabarnyi and obtained the Touches in front of Kepa for his 18th goal of the season – itinerant fans celebrating again when a Var check deliberated, he was not out of the edges.
Bournemouth roared 64% of possession without much to show. He suggested that Andoni Iraola’s team is more suitable for counterattack than having the ball for long periods.
Scott did not return for the second half – probably the best after getting a few shots – with Justin Kluivert in his place.
Villa estimated that the time had come to try to get a second killer goal. In a minute after restarting, Kamara advanced again and just rolled when it is well settled. Kluivert responded with a neat dribble that ended with a large toe peak and a theatrical fall that did not deceive civil servants.
The experience of the Emi Martinez World Cup winner in the Villa goal was a comfort coverage for visitors with the goalkeeper who assumes any cross that has entered the box.
Another characteristic of the villa season was the strength of their bench and while Bournemouth threatened to constitute another steam leader, Emery turned to John McGinn and Pau Torres for the last quarter.
Iraola replied by launching an attacker, David Brooks, for defender Adam Smith.
The local team possession statistics have remained high, but Villa remained in good shape as you can imagine under a manager of multiple European trophies.
The last thing they needed was to play in the last 10 minutes a short man after Ramsey received a second yellow for a tug on Brooks while the threatening of separating.
He raised the volume and Martinez made a flying backup to prevent Evanilson’s head while Semenyo has traveled wide. The penalty calls for handball against money were agitated – the defender held his arms behind his back when the ball struck him.
And in a remarkable late race in injury times, Martinez made an incredible reflex stop with his fingers to refuse Semenyo.
