This time, Emiliano Martínez
's brilliant saves
- two face-to-face ones that he cleared with his feet - could not prevent the defeat of
Aston Villa
, who fell 3-1 at home against
Newcastle
on matchday 22 of the
Premier League
.
Two goals from Fabian Schär and one from Álex Moreno, against, deepened the fall of Unai Emery's Aston Villa, which has not won any of the last three games and may lose its place in the Champions League.
Newcastle United left Villa Park with three points in a victory built on the two set-piece goals that Schär found in the first half.
The Swiss finished a corner completely alone in the 32nd minute that the Villa defense ate at the near post and then took advantage of a carom to achieve his second double in the Premier League.
At the exit of another corner, Anthony Gordon shot from outside, the ball deflected off Clement Lenglet and fell at the feet of Schär, who only had to push it due to the desperation of Emiliano Martínez.
Already in the second half, with Villa focused on attack, Gordon found a gap in the defense and opened with a pass for Miguel Almirón and the Paraguayan sent it to the far post for Jacob Murphy to push.
However, the Englishman touched and it was Alex Moreno, in his attempt to clear it, who put the ball into his goal, in addition to taking a good hit with the stick.
In the final twenty minutes, Villa dreamed of an improbable comeback when Ollie Watkins pulled one back to make it 1-3 and made it 2-3, although offside by just centimeters.
Thus, the team of Draw was left empty-handed, despite the fact that they ended a streak of two games without scoring, but they are left with 43 points, with the possibility that Tottenham Hotspur, if they beat Brentford this Wednesday , take away their Champions League place.
Newcastle continues its climb and is now seventh, with 32 points, seven away from the Europa League positions.