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Watkins fires Aston Villa into top five despite penalty pain at Southampton

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Ollie Watkins climbed off the bench to help fire Aston Villa back into the Champions League places after a 3-0 win over Southampton.

Villa were labouring against the already-relegated Saints until Watkins struck, just seven minutes after replacing Marcus Rashford and four minutes after Marco Asensio had missed a penalty which Watkins had won.

Continue reading…Ollie Watkins climbed off the bench to help fire Aston Villa back into the Champions League places after a 3-0 win over Southampton.Villa were labouring against the already-relegated Saints until Watkins struck, just seven minutes after replacing Marcus Rashford and four minutes after Marco Asensio had missed a penalty which Watkins had won. Continue reading…