Aston Villawith the Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez as a starter, beat Southampton 1-0, at home, within the framework of the fifteenth round of the Premier Leaguepartially contested this afternoon, and climbed to sixth place.
After a slump with defeats against Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea after a more than auspicious start to the league, Spanish Unai Emery’s team came into this match after beating Brentford last Wednesday and returning to victory in the elite of English football.
Opposite were Scot Russell Martin’s team, who are going through a horrible first half of the Premier League with eleven defeats, two draws and only one victory. That is why they occupy the last position in the tournament.
At Villa Park, Colombian striker Jhon Durán broke the deadlock after 24 minutes of play. After a long ball from the London area and a very serious inattention in the Southampton defense between Taylor Harwood-Ellis and Nathan Wood in three quarters of their own field, the 20-year-old attacker recovered the ball and began a solo run towards the rival goal.
With the intense and desperate mark of Wood, Durán continued his stride until the crescent of the area where goalkeeper Joe Lumley appeared and hurriedly left his goal after the error. The Colombian opened his left foot and placed the ball close to the post, scoring the only goal of the match.
With this result, Aston Villa, who had “Dibu” Martínez as a starter despite a broken finger, reached 25 points and climbed to sixth position in the English Premier Leaguetwo of the UEFA Champions League places and ten behind the leader Liverpool.
For its part, Southampton continues to sink into last place in the table with five points.
In other meetings, the Manchester United fell 3-2 with him Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford. With the presence of the Argentines Lisandro Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho and Nicolas Dominguez (on the visit), the Serbian Nikola Milenkovic opened the account for the visitors while the Dane Rasmus Hojlund temporarily tied the game.
Morgan Gibbs-White gave Nottingham Forest the lead again and Australian striker Chris Wood increased the lead.
The Portuguese Bruno Fernandes scored again for Manchester United.
At Selhurst Park, Manchester City drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace thanks to goals from Norwegian Erling Haaland and Rico Lewis while Colombian Daniel Múñoz and Frenchman Maxence Lacroix scored for the locals.
In addition, Brentford beat Newcastle United 4-2 at the Gtech Community stadium. The Frenchman Bryan Mbeumo, his compatriot Yoane Wissa, the Irishman Nathan Collins and the German Kevin Schade scored for the hosts while the Swede Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes scored for the ‘Magpies’.
Source: Ambito
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