Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton: Watkins on a hat trick as Villa thrashes Brighton.
Ollie Watkins scores a hat trick as Villa thrashes Brighton 6-1.
Aston Villa continued their fine start in the Premier league, with a comfortable win against Brighton. Aston Villa recorded back to back premier league wins after beating Chelsea in Stamford Bridge Last weekend.
The home side needed on 14 minutes to score, after great work from Matty Cash and Ollie Watkins with the finish. Brighton didn’t get time to regroup as they conceded two quick goals from Ollie Watkins brace and Estupinan own goal. The scores remained three nil until the halftime break.
Roberto De Zerbi was forced to make halftime changes, and substitute Ansu Fati would produce instant impact by scoring his first goal in the Premier league.The resilience from the home side saw Ollie Watkins complete his hat trick in the 65th minute. On scoring his third goal, Watkins have now scored 50 goals for Aston Villa. The party wasn’t over for Villa as second half substitute Jacob Ramsey scored the fifth from Watkins assist. There was time for a sixth as Douglas Luiz scored in the 96th minute.
Hat-trick hero. ?
Ollie Watkins has become just the second player in Aston Villa’s history to score multiple Premier League hat-tricks for the club after Christian Benteke (both 2):
◎ ⚽⚽⚽ vs. Liverpool (2020)
◉ ⚽⚽⚽ vs. Brighton (2023)
He has now scored more PL goals vs. the Seagulls than any other side he has faced during his career:
◉ 6 games
◉ 6 goals
His new favourite opponent.
