Aston Villa player ratings vs Brighton as Ollie Watkins scores hat-trick in 6-1 win
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After smashing Brighton 6-1 at Villa Park, Aston Villa has extended their outstanding home winning streak in the Premier League.
Ollie Watkins finished up his hat-trick in the second half after Villa defeated Brighton with three goals in 12 first-half minutes. Villa become the ninth club in Premier League history to win 10 straight league games at home with their most recent stunning triumph.
The Seagulls ended one point ahead of Villa last season despite the club only winning two of their first 13 games prior to the arrival of Unai Emery in November. Unai Emery’s team has now won three straight games against them. Although Brighton had only won once in their previous 16 visits to Villa, they got off to a strong start.
as Emi Martinez was called into action early on to prevent Perivs Estupinan from breaking the deadlock.
John McGinn slid the right-back in down the right channel, and Watkins finished the move by tapping in Matty Cash’s cross. Seven minutes later, the striker scored again by outmuscling Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele at the near post.
After Diaby’s shot was deflected off the defender, Estupinan then put the ball in his own goal. At halftime, Roberto De Zerbi made three substitutions: Ansu Fati, Joao Pedro, and Tariq Lamptey all entered the game.
As Fati cut the deficit in half early in the second half, Brighton made a strong showing, but Watkins scored his third goal of the game shortly after the hour mark. Nicolo Zaniolo was replaced by Jacob Ramsey earlier in the second half, and he scored the game’s first goal. campaign before Douglas Luiz scored the sixth in second half added time.
Villa have now won five of their opening seven Premier League games for the third time, having also done so in 1998 and 2020.