Soccer-Watkins Downs Old Club As Villa Beat Brentford In Chaotic Game – News18

LONDON:Ollie Watkins scored a late winner towards his former membership and sparked a goalmouth melee along with his celebrations as Aston Villa got here from behind to win 2-1 at Brentford on Sunday and transfer into provisional second place within the Premier League.

Villa began brightly however spurned a number of first-half possibilities with Matty Cash and Jacob Ramsey each placing efforts large from shut vary.

Instead, the Bees broke the impasse simply earlier than halftime by means of Keane Lewis-Potter, who reacted first to win the second ball at a nook and hearth house his first Premier League aim.

Brentford’s Ben Mee was despatched off after 71 minutes for a reckless lunge on substitute Leon Bailey, after the intervention of VAR to improve the yellow given by referee David Coote.

Bees supervisor Thomas Frank advised reporters that Mee’s problem was “not a red card, not at all”.

He stated Brentford ought to have had a penalty within the first half, when John McGinn appeared to tug Mee to the ground, and in addition for a problem on Neal Maupay shortly after Mee’s crimson.

“That would be 2-0… and then it would be, if not game over, then a very good position,” Frank stated.

But Villa made the numerical benefit depend six minutes later when Bailey discovered Alex Moreno unmarked on the again submit to degree the competition with a cool header.

The guests then took the lead after 85 minutes by means of Watkins, who nodded house Ramsey’s nook and celebrated in entrance of his former followers, prompting ugly scenes within the Brentford web.

Watkins stated he nonetheless cherished Brentford, the place he spent three seasons, however his response was directed at “one person who was abusing me all game”.

“I feel like I’ve done so much for the club and they’ve done so much for me; football’s football and you can have a bit of banter but not when it’s personal,” Watkins advised Sky Sports.

Villa boss Unai Emery stated he didn’t know what precisely had occurred and that he would communicate to Watkins and his gamers in regards to the sport on Monday.

Villa’s Boubacar Kamara was additionally despatched off, for grabbing Yehor Yarmoliuk by the neck, in added time after Villa keeper Emi Martinez’s try to tug Maupay to his toes prompted one other flashpoint as an entertaining sport led to chaos.

Coote booked 10 gamers in whole plus each managers, Frank for his complaints after Mee’s crimson card and Emery for occurring to the pitch to restrain Martinez, with all 14 playing cards coming within the second half as tensions boiled over.

The win, Villa’s fifth in six league video games, put them second on 38 factors forward of the later sport between Liverpool and Manchester United, with Brentford – struggling a fifth league defeat in six – twelfth on 19.

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)