"It looked like absolutely no trouble down in the corner. Konsa tries to turn out and Fernandes does brilliantly to nick it off him. He drives towards the edge of the six yard box and, from a real tight angle at the near post, is able to lift it above Bizot into the far corner. Fantastic composure under pressure."
"You cannot allow players of that level to get their heads up unopposed and put in a great flighted cross. Watkins makes a great run just to the edge of the six yard box. Mavropanos misjudges the flight of the ball and it goes in off th"
West Ham opened the match with a 28-second goal from Mateus Fernandes, who pinched possession from Ezri Konsa inside the box and lifted the ball past Marco Bizot. Fernandes’ strike offered West Ham a route out of the Premier League relegation zone and disrupted Aston Villa’s attempt to extend an eight-match winning run. Villa responded in the ninth minute when Ollie Watkins headed in John McGinn’s inswinging cross, with the ball appearing to come off Konstantinos Mavropanos. Former defender Luke Chambers praised Fernandes’ composure and criticised Villa’s defensive positioning on the cross. A similarly rapid goal earlier saw Hugo Ekitike score after 46 seconds for Liverpool.
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