Newcastle lost heavily to Aston Villa

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Newcastle not only broke the circuit of five wins and lost all-round against Aston Villa. Unai Emery's men kept the ball more, created more dangerous chances and also took advantage of better opportunities. Striker Ollie Watkins shone with a double goal and an assist to help Aston Villa win 3-0, to maintain sixth place. And Newcastle is still in third place, but is in danger of being overtaken by Man Utd after round 31.

While Newcastle broke the winning streak, Aston Villa raised the winning streak to five matches. Emery raises the record for an Aston Villa manager's win percentage to 60%. Through 20 matches he led Aston Villa, the team won 12 matches. From 16th place in the Premier League, they climbed 10 places to sixth and even have the opportunity to compete for the Champions League.

Aston Villa headed home right after the opening, when Douglas Luiz long passed Watkins down to face the keeper and hit the post. The home audience was overjoyed, but they broke down 10 minutes later, when Watkins headed the wall for midfielder Jacob Ramsey to put his heart in the penalty area to open the scoring.

The host led the table but showed no sign of pragmatic play, but continued to attack with dedication. In the 15th minute, defender Alex Moreno stretched for Ramsey to shoot but bounced off the vertical post. The English midfielder held his head down because of regret. The best defense in the Premier League this season has also been repeatedly drilled by Aston Villa, especially in the position of Kieran Trippier.

Aston Villa: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno, Dendoncker, Ramsey (Chambers 85), McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Buendia, Watkins (Duran 91).

Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn (Targett 68), Gordon (Almiron 56), Bruno Guimaraes, Willock (Longstaff 68), Murphy (Wilson 56), Isak, Joelinton (Anderson 80).