Newcastle lost heavily to Aston Villa in the Premier League

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 continued to attack in the second half, when striker Watkins was denied a goal for offside just a few centimeters in the 61st minute. But just four minutes later, the 28-year-old striker scored from Moreno's cross on the left. . Receiving the ball with his back, Watkins turned and shot through Dan Burn's legs to make it 2-0. He congratulated the table with a gesture that this time surely VAR could not refuse the table anymore.

Victory was guaranteed for the hosts in the 83rd minute, when captain John McGinn broke through on the right and slammed in. The ball reached Ramsey's position, but the midfielder released the ball to Watkins in a more favorable position. Once again the striker Aston Villa shot through the opponent's legs, sending the ball into the net.

Watkins has scored nine goals in the last 10 matches in the Premier League, while the home team won seven of the last eight. Aston Villa's sprint makes the race for the European Cup in the Premier League more attractive and unpredictable, especially in the next round when Newcastle take on Tottenham at St James' Park.

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).