For the inaugural meeting of the 7th day of the Premier League, English football fans were treated to a duel between two top teams between Aston Villa (6th) and Brighton (3rd). The two teams were also eliminated from the English League Cup in midweek by Everton (for Villa) and Chelsea (for Brighton). But carried by a fiery Ollie Watkins, the Villans crushed the Seagulls at Villa Park (6-1). Three points which allow Unai Emery’s foals to climb to fourth place in the ranking, tied with his opponent of the afternoon, still on the last step of the podium.
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The English striker scored a hat-trick in just over an hour (14th, 21st, 65th) while Pervis Estupiñán deceived his own goalkeeper during the first half hour (26th). If Ansu Fati thought he was lightening the bill after returning from the locker room for his first goal across the Channel, Jacob Ramsey gave the locals a four-goal advantage (5-1, 85th) before Douglas Luiz increased the sentence over time. additional (6-1, 90 + 7th) to inflict a manita on the men of Roberto De Zerbi, who lost for the third time in his last four outings in all competitions before facing Olympique de Marseille on Thursday evening for the count of the second day of the Europa League at the Orange Vélodrome.
