Aston Villa, Brighton Boost European Hopes As Spurs, Chelsea Crumble

Brighton beat Chelsea in Premier League © AFP Aston Villa moved into contention for a top-four surface in the Premier League as Newcastle were adequately beaten 3-0 at Villa Park on Saturday, while Tottenham sank to a 3-2 house defeat to Bournemouth. Brighton likewise improved their possibilities of European football with a 2-1 win at Chelsea to extend Frank Lampard’s wait on a very first success because going back to Stamford Bridge as interim supervisor. Rental property are still 6 points adrift of the leading 4, however are the type side in the race after a seventh win in 8 video games. Ollie Watkins has actually now scored 11 objectives in 12 matches as he netted two times after Jacob Ramsey had actually fired Unai Emery’s guys into an early lead. Newcastle had actually won their previous 5 video games to go up to 3rd, however hardly laid a glove on Villa to leave Eddie Howe’s males examining their shoulder. With Manchester United not in action till Sunday away at Nottingham Forest, Tottenham had the possibility to move into the leading 4 however blew it as Bournemouth took a possibly definitive action towards survival. Kid Heung-min fired Spurs into an early lead, however the Cherries countered prior to half-time when Matias Vina dinked the ball over Hugo Lloris. Dominic Solanke then put the visitors in front 6 minutes into the 2nd half when Davinson Sanchez deflected the ball into his course. Sanchez had actually been presented as an alternative on 35 minutes however was revealed no grace by interim Spurs manager Cristian Stellini as he was transported off prior to the hour mark and booed by his own advocates. His replacement, Arnaut Danjuma, wanted to have actually restored a point when he scored versus his old club 2 minutes from time. The drama did not end there as Dango Ouattara curled house in the 95th minute to raise Bournemouth 6 points clear of the transfer zone. There were likewise boos at Stamford Bridge
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