Southampton 0 Aston Villa 3 - Matt Maher analysis
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00:00Good evening from Southampton where Villa moved into the top five of the
00:04Premier League with a 3-0 win over the already relegated hosts. Sounds comfortable,
00:10in the end it was comfortable, but for three quarters of the game it was pretty
00:15uncomfortable for Unai Emery's team. They were frustrated against a dogged and resilient
00:19Southampton side. Of course they were the earliest teams ever relegated in the
00:23Premier League season and trying to avoid being the worst team in Premier
00:27League history. They've only got 10 points. They looked like they might get another one
00:30today. They were a frustrating Villa but they couldn't find a way through. In 70
00:34minutes, Marco Asensio, the man who could not put a foot wrong since joining Villa at
00:40the end of January, had a penalty saved by Aaron Ramsdale and at that moment you
00:45feared that Villa might be in for a very frustrating day. But Ollie Watkins who
00:49had won that penalty two minutes after coming on, three minutes later scored a
00:53sublime goal to put Villa ahead. Uri Tielemans ball over the top and
00:57Watkins stretching to turn the ball over Ramsdale in off the bar. It was his 73rd
01:03Premier League goal for Villa. Just one behind Gabiak Bonlahor now in the
01:07all-time charts and he probably hasn't scored a finer goal for Villa in terms of
01:11the finish and in terms of the timing as well it was very important. You know it
01:15completely transformed the game. From there Villa saw it out at a canter.
01:18Daniel Marlin scoring for the third time in as many Premier League games and then
01:22John McGinn scoring in stoppage time after Asensio had another penalty saved by
01:28Aaron Ramsdale. So not a great day for Asensio. Two penalty saves. We may have
01:33actually found his weakness but a really good day for Villa. Nottingham Forest
01:37losing late at home. Suddenly Villa are only three points off third place to
01:41Forest and it feels like Forest are now being dragged back into this battle for
01:46the top five positions. Villa have won four games in a row in the Premier League for the
01:53first time in two years and they have serious momentum. Today another
01:57demonstration of their strength and depth. All three players who scored come off the
02:00bench. Watkins the most notable. This was the fourth game in five that he'd been a
02:05substitute but he couldn't give any finer reminder of his of his quality and with
02:11the goal he scored to put Villa on track to another big win.