"Aston Villa kept up the pressure at the top of the Premier League as goals from Emi Buendia and Ollie Watkins earned a massive win at Newcastle. Villa moved level on points with Manchester City in second place with a hard-fought win based on brilliant counter-attacking football. Buendia bent in a picture-pefect long-range strike for Villa's 13th goal of the season to come from outside the penalty area. And then as Newcastle threw men forwards England forward Watkins planted a classy header into the corner."
"Newcastle were without injured captain Bruno Guimaraes but nearly scored in the first minute. Emi Martinez managed to block Sandro Tonali's shot with a leg. It took a fine 12th-minute save from Nick Pope to deny Watkins after Jadon Sancho had played the striker in behind Malick Thiaw. Buendia, Morgan Rogers and Watkins were starting to cause problems for the hosts,"
Aston Villa secured a 2-0 win at Newcastle, moving level on points with Manchester City in second place. Emi Buendia opened the scoring with a bending long-range strike from around 20 yards, his 13th of the season from outside the penalty area. Villa used effective counter-attacking football, with Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins stretching Newcastle's defence. Nick Pope produced a fine save to deny Watkins earlier, and Emi Martinez made an early block to keep Newcastle out. Villa sealed the victory late when Watkins headed home from a Matty Cash corner after Pope had clawed away a piledriver.
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