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The England worldwide had solely beforehand scored as soon as within the top-flight this season
Unai Emery hailed striker Ollie Watkins after the England worldwide netted twice as Aston Villa got here from behind to safe victory over Brighton in a seven-goal thriller.
Watkins scored each objectives earlier than half time after Emery’s facet had fallen behind to a Jan Paul van Hecke header and Pau Torres personal objective.
Amadou Onana accomplished the comeback on the hour mark earlier than substitute Donyell Malen gave Villa respiratory area with 12 minutes remaining.
Van Hecke pulled one again 5 minutes later to make it an thrilling end on the Amex Stadium however the guests held on to make it six successive wins in all competitions and transfer as much as third within the Premier League.
Emery, who grew to become the supervisor with essentially the most Premier League wins for Villa, was stuffed with reward for Watkins, who had beforehand scored simply as soon as within the league all season.
“He [Watkins] scored in numerous methods. Within the field and as nicely one lengthy ball behind the defence. It was an ideal end,” Emery mentioned.
“With Ollie, he offers me confidence when he’s working. Not scoring, his confidence will get low, however the objectives have been coming.”
The Villa boss additionally hailed the efforts of his gamers, calling their response after going behind “implausible”.
Emery added: “At this time we reacted just like the season. We began poor in August. At this time we didn’t begin good. The primary objective shouldn’t have been a nook. We’re including experiences and at the moment yet one more.
“The gamers reacted and competed implausible. We wanted some good luck at moments at 2-0 down. We then felt higher on the sector. Within the dressing room we spoke about specializing in the sport plan. After we reacted, the gamers adopted it they usually competed.”
Subsequent up for Villa is the go to of league leaders Arsenal on Saturday.
