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On Sunday afternoon in the Premier League, Aston Villa overcame Brentford 2-1.
Keane Lewis Potter’s opening just before halftime put Unai Emery’s team under 1-0 at the break. However, goals from Alex Moreno and Ollie Watkins in the second half would give Villa a new club record.
In a game filled with unpleasant moments, Villa secured their 25th top-flight league victory of the year. Before the opponents scored twice, Ben Mee was given a red card, and during stoppage time, Boubacar Kamara was also sent off.
While trying to lift Neal Maupay from the ground, Emi Martinez was lucky to avoid penalty. Emery and Thomas Frank were also scheduled.
This is the way that the Gtech Community Stadium events were covered by the national media:…
BBC Sports Michael Emersons
After Bees defender Ben Mee was given a red card, Aston Villa rallied to defeat Brentford in spectacular fashion.
After Villa failed to clear a corner from the left, Keane Lewis-Potter scored the first goal for the home team towards the close of the first half by blasting through a packed penalty area. However, Mee’s sending off in the 71st minute for lunging in and catching Leon Bailey by the ankle changed the course of the match.
Mee was first given a yellow card by on-pitch referee David Coote, who was near the scene of the altercation. However, after consulting with video assistant referee Craig Pawson, Coote was encouraged to investigate the incident, and Mee’s card was increased to a red one. Alex Moreno headed in Bailey’s cross at the back post to equalise the score, and Watkins headed in the winning goal from Boubacar Kamara’s flick-on in the 85th minute.
Keane Lewis-Potter scored the opening goal for the home team near the end of the first half by breaking through a crowded penalty area after Villa was unable to clear a corner from the left. But the game’s outcome was altered when Mee was sent off in the 71st minute for lunging in and catching Leon Bailey by the ankle.
Referee David Coote was on-pitch and close to the confrontation when he originally gave Mee a yellow card. Mee’s card was upgraded to a red one and Coote was urged to look into the matter after speaking with video assistant referee Craig Pawson.Alex Moreno headed in Bailey’s cross at the back post to equalise the score, and Watkins headed in the winning goal from Boubacar Kamara’s flick-on in the 85th minute.
After pushing Yehor Yarmoliuk in the face during stoppage time, Kamara was sent off in an ugly encounter, and Villa manager Unai Emery was also warned. The Football Association may very probably take disciplinary action against both teams for their inability to maintain player discipline during a few uncomfortable occurrences that occurred in the latter moments of the game.
Both Aston Villa and Brentford had a player sent off, while both managers received warnings and six players from Brentford and four from Villa were booked. Between 2017 and 2020, Watkins played three years with Brentford, where he scored forty-nine goals for the Bees.
The Untied Reuben Rosso-Powell
After Brentford’s defender Ben Mee was sent off 20 minutes from time, Aston Villa rallied for a thrilling victory thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and Alex Moreno in the final minutes.
At Gtech Community Stadium, Keane Lewis-Potter had given the home team the lead. However, in the 71st minute, Mee was sent off for flying into Leon Bailey; referee David Coote upgraded the call to a red card after witnessing the event on the pitchside monitor. This caused the game to be completely changed. Eight minutes after Moreno’s equalisation in the 77th minute, Watkins completed the comeback. Deep into stoppage time, Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara was also issued a red card for violent behaviour.
The win kept Unai Emery’s fast-moving team one point ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League standings. Early on, Villa looked impressive. Spanish full-back Moreno tested Mark Flekken with his fast feet before hitting the crossbar with another attempt shortly after.
After eight minutes, the Bees missed a fantastic opportunity of their own. Mikkel Damsgaard had a clear chance to score after makeshift left-back Vitaly Janelt crossed the ball perfectly, but Emiliano Martinez of Villa saved the shot. With Watkins and Jacob Ramsey launching strong counterattacks, the visitors were in the lead.
In the 27th minute, Watkins nodded Ramsey through on goal, but the midfielder scuffed his shot wide, giving Ramsey the best opportunity of the game thus far. Christian Norgaard was fortunate to remain on the pitch early in the second half after receiving a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on John McGinn that spared him from more VAR punishment.
John Brewin, The Guardian
Can Aston Villa maintain their own challenge now that they have totally opened up the Premier League title race? Villans’ dreams appeared to have come to an end when Thomas Frank’s team, headed by Keane Lewis-Potter, first subdued their attack before netting a goal. But after Ben Mee was sent off and Villa was down to 10 men, they were unable to withstand Villa’s charges and confidence.
Thus, Aston Villa celebrates their first victory at Brentford since February 1953, the week when Disney debuted the first full-length Peter Pan cartoon.
Although this match featured x-rated tackles, 10 outfield bookings, and three off-field incidents amid frequent heavy aggression, notably during the celebrations of Ollie Watkins’s winner against his former club, it is far from a fairy tale. This is Villa’s first title bid of the twenty-first century.Boubacar Kamara was ejected to end the game after Emi Martínez had bundled Neal Maupay to the ground during a ruck. Coaches and players piled on. Although Unai Emery quickly moved towards Martínez, she was unable to stop Kamara from pushing Yegor Yarmolyuk.
The manager of Villa claimed that he was only attempting to keep the players calm. Regarding Martínez, the goalie who had kept his team in the match, he remarked, “I’m trying to speak with him.” “He played a great match.”
Watkins afterwards followed a similar path to cooler seas, which explains his joy. “It was all a result of my celebration, but it wasn’t caused by a lack of regard for the fans,” he stated. “I have nothing but praise for the team, the players, and the staff. I adore them all.” However, I was being abused by one person the entire game.
John Aizlewood, “The Telegraph”
On the Aston Villa striker’s return to his old club, Ollie Watkins called out a Brentford fan for verbally harassing him “all game” following his celebration of the game-winning goal that set off a brawl.
The England forward claimed that one supporter had made offensive remarks to him, which Telegraph Sport understands were directed towards his family. In contrast, other fans jeered him despite the fact that he had a smooth transfer to Villa in 2020—something Brentford head coach Thomas Frank later acknowledged he “couldn’t understand.”
Watkins said, “It was a bit of a feisty game, it all spurred from my celebration but that’s not down to a lack of respect for the fans,” after his winner in the 85th minute caused numerous players from both teams to get into two separate fights. “I have nothing but praise for the team, the players, and the staff. I adore them all.” However, there was one player who mistreated me the entire game, and the celebration was aimed squarely at him rather than everybody else.
“I feel like I’ve given the club so much, and they’ve given me so much. Football is football, and you can joke about a little, but not too much when it gets personal.It’s up to the club if they don’t believe me, but Thomas knows that I wouldn’t act in such a way without cause because I’ve explained everything to him. I became disturbed by it, which is why it happened.
The game changed on a single tackle, sending a red mist into the air. After a gripping match, Brentford was leading 1-0 and pulling away from title-challenging Villa in the 71st minute when Ben Mee scythed into Leon Bailey. Var stepped in, and the referee, David Coote, quickly raised the yellow card to a red one.
The Daily Mail, Tom Collomosse Ollie Watkins made a contentious comeback to Brentford when he celebrated Aston Villa’s late winner in a way that infuriated both the supporters and the players.
Watkins gave Villa a 2-1 lead with five minutes left in normal time. He then dashed into the goal and appeared to point to a fan behind it. Watkins’s outrage set the stage for a violent conclusion to the match, in which Boubacar Kamara received a straight red card after it appeared that his head had made contact with Yehor Yarmoliuk. It was unclear what had been said or done.
That brought the total number of players to ten. Ben Mee, a defender for Brentford, was sent off in the middle of the second half, and Emi Martinez, the custodian for Villa, was arguably fortunate to avoid the same fate after pulling Neal Maupay by the shirt. Unai Emery, the manager of Villa, was also given a yellow card for attempting to dissuade Martinez from talking himself into further trouble. Watkins, who paid £33 million to join Villa in 2020, seemed to be justifying his celebration to his former manager Thomas Frank at the end of play.
Keane Lewis-Potter had given Brentford the lead just before halftime, but Alex Moreno quickly equalised after Mee was sent out.Watkins’ goal and the ensuing completely wild scene followed, but Villa still needed these three crucial points to stay in the title race.
John McGinn moved into central midfield with Alex Moreno returning to the starting lineup at left back, replacing the suspended combo of Douglas Luiz and Lucas Digne. Leon Bailey was only healthy enough to start on the bench. In the first five minutes, Moreno had two good opportunities; after a flick from Boubacar Kamara, he first squeezed through before scoring poorly, and then he fired too high from 20 yards.
Etienne Fermie Ollie Watkins of The Sun has provided an explanation of the celebration that led to an intense altercation between Brentford and Aston Villa this afternoon.
The 27-year-old England striker defeated his former club 2-1 in West London with a goal in the 85th minute. Watkins pointed at a home fan after his header and posed for a picture with them.
Several Brentford players, including Saman Ghoddos, reacted angrily to this, and they later got into an argument with Ezri Konsa. The event created the atmosphere for a tense finish to the game.
Emi Martinez made a save to prevent Leon Bailey from scoring the first own goal of the season, but after being challenged by Neal Maupay, Bailey went down spectacularly. That triggered the touchpaper, and Maupay went down after the Villa keeper made a similar challenge. When Martinez attempted to pull Maupay to his feet, chaos ensued.
For snatching Yegor Yarmoliuk’s throat, Boubacar Kamara received a red card even though he wasn’t the only offender. After being sent off, Unai Emery dashed onto the pitch and grabbed Kamara.
