by They spent weeks in the well. Accustomed to the current situation of the ‘top 6’, Newcastle saw Eddie Howe’s project in danger with four consecutive falls in the Premier League. However, they knew how to rebuild in a complicated scenario. The ‘Magpies’ remembered to play at Villa Park, above all an Aston Villa that was showing off its fourth place. Unai Emery was left without answers and fell 1-3 against a team that dominated the actions in his own fiefdom.
The ‘Magpies’, convinced of reversing their bad streak, did not stop throwing stones at the roof of ‘Dibu’ Martínez. The Argentine goalkeeper had several worthwhile interventions, but his defense became too unfocused after a corner. Fabian Schär came in alone to finish, taking advantage of the ‘villain’ carelessness in the corner taken by Kieran Trippier, and released the light after half an hour of incessant siege.
The score did not stop there for Eddie Howe’s team, who seemed to be in fourth place instead of Birmingham’s team. Not content with having already scored his first goal in the current Premier League, Schär went for the double. He collected a save from Dibu that also hit the woodwork and, with the Argentine almost defeated, he beat him at will with his right foot. He earns enough to go to half-time, putting Emery’s team in trouble.
For the second half, Newcastle did not slow down their machines. Quite the contrary, he pressed his teeth even more to take advantage of a ‘groggy’ Aston Villa. And he dealt another good blow with an own goal from Álex Moreno, who tried to clear Murphy’s kick and hurt himself with the stick. Double punishment.
It dispelled the sorrows a little Ollie Watkins, scoring 20 minutes from time with a cross from Bailey, entered the second half. But not even because of that did Villa wake up, which puts itself at the mercy of Tottenham to drop from fourth place. Newcastle, for its part, overcomes a terrible streak of four consecutive defeats and climbs to seventh position.
