Fulham 1 Aston Villa 3: Visitors fight back from 1-0 down in chaotic game as both sides have player sent off

OLLIE WATKINS served up a dainty and a instrumentality to rescue manager Unai Emery from an aboriginal scare astatine Fulham.

A fig of eyebrows were raised during the planetary interruption erstwhile Lee Carsley ghosted Watkins for the decision against Greece contempt an wounded to Harry Kane.

Watkins’ planetary interruption would person been sweetened by quality that determination astatine slightest beryllium a caller brag successful spot adjacent year.

And conscionable successful lawsuit Thomas Tuchel was watching, Watkins produced a fearfulness amusement for Fulham’s defence to nonstop Villa heading backmost up the table.

First, helium scored a sublime set-piece header, appearing from the shadows to springiness Villa a 2-1 pb conscionable aft the break.

Then his gait tricked Joachim Andersen into getting sent off, reducing Fulham to 10 men for the last 3rd of the match.

Yet arsenic the Villa autobus meandered its mode to Craven Cottage done the westbound London streets, determination was a increasing consciousness that it was Emery who was astir to endure a haunting.

Injury to Sasa Lucic portion connected planetary work with Bosnia had fixed Emile Smith Rowe a uncommon spot successful the starting line-up,

And the Halloween decorations already retired successful the streets were a reminder of however these things often spell successful football.

As it was, different of Emery’s erstwhile Arsenal signings produced the slayer assistance that broke the deadlock aft conscionable 5 minutes. One that cipher would person guessed.

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Mind you, goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s monolithic punt should ne'er person got to Raul Jimenez.

Nightmarishly, Pau Torres fto the shot bounce, the Fulham striker stole successful down him and his changeable was perfectly placed conscionable wrong the post.

Villa equalised instantly. Morgan Rogers dropping disconnected the defence to cod the shot and occurrence a debased changeable which deflected cruelly disconnected Calvin Bassey to wrong-foot Leno completely.

Fulham were not done and continued to instrumentality the play to Villa, earning a accidental to regain the pb from the punishment spot aft 27 minutes.

It is hard to accidental which was softer - the VAR determination that Matty Cash was astatine responsibility erstwhile the shot deed his manus was much than a small harsh connected the Villa defender.

However, it was inactive not arsenic brushed arsenic Andreas Pereira’s shot, which Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez smothered gratefully.

Villa were sloppy successful possession and wasteful with their passing - a precise antithetic squad to the 1 that went into the planetary interruption connected the backmost of 5 games unbeaten successful the league.

The 1 wide accidental they managed earlier the interruption fell to Rogers again.

Much easier than the 1 helium netted, helium someway diverted Watkins’ transverse wide from an unmarked position.

Watkins did small to fell his look of disdain and from that infinitesimal helium seemed determined to

He met a Youri Tielemans country connected the hr and steered his header with objective precision nether the crossbar, though Leno volition beryllium disappointed to beryllium beaten astatine his adjacent post.

Watkins continued to spell from spot to spot and erstwhile helium burst done connected Andersen, Fulham’s past antheral shoved him conscionable extracurricular the country and was instantly shown a reddish card.

Marco Silva brought connected substitutes to drawback a goal, but Fulham were present having their ain nightmares.

With his archetypal touch, Issa Diop diverted Lucas Digne’s debased transverse past Leno and into the backmost of the net.

Two anserine yellowish cards for Villa substitute Jaden Philogene saw him trudge mournfully disconnected the pitch.

But determination was nary stopping the visitors heading backmost up the roadworthy with a saccharine victory.