Aston Villa complete turnaround to secure 3-1 win over Bournemouth

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Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden reacts to Aston Villa 3-1 AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League.

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00:00 Aston Villa have moved one step closer to securing UEFA Champions League football, now

00:05 six points above Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the top four.

00:09 An incredible 3-1 win over AFC Bournemouth here.

00:13 I say incredible because the effort levels, the determination and the football as well,

00:18 the immense team play, the quick passing, the runs in behind, the ball control, the

00:24 dribbling, the finishing, everything was just sublime from Villa's day.

00:28 And also to come from behind against a very strong, informed Bournemouth team is seriously

00:34 impressive.

00:35 Add into that as well the fact that Villa went the distance against L'Oscar Lille mid-week

00:40 just under 72 hours ago they were in the north of France, going to extra time and penalties

00:46 and an incredibly tense atmosphere in Lille to get through to the UEFA Conference League

00:51 semi-finals.

00:52 The amount of energy that that took, so much energy expended and it's not like Unai Emery

00:58 can rotate too much because of all the injuries he's had to cope with this season.

01:01 So the fact that they've even beaten Bournemouth full stop is impressive but the fashion they

01:06 did it in was just sublime.

01:08 The goals today from Morgan Rodgers, Leon Bailey and Moussa Diaby.

01:12 Diaby and Bailey scoring tap-ins but the work before those goals was very good for Molly

01:17 Watkins crossing the ball across the far post after some great work, getting past Leicester

01:22 Zobanyi, rounding Neto for one of those as well.

01:25 Watkins deserved a goal, you could just tell at the end he really wanted to get one in

01:29 the race for the Golden Boot.

01:30 He didn't get one but he did get two assists adding to his tally.

01:33 I think it might even be a dozen assists now in the Premier League this season.

01:37 He must be back to the top of the charts in the English top tier for direct goal involvement

01:41 if you include goals and assists.

01:44 So a very good performance from him.

01:45 Rodgers though, his goal, my word.

01:47 Bailey with a very impressive through ball, outside of his boot, completely tore the Bournemouth

01:55 defence to shreds and then the finish from Rodgers taking the ball into his stride and

01:59 then beating Adam Smith I believe it was with a cut inside and putting it to the roof of

02:04 the net.

02:05 Great composure after running about 20 yards with the ball.

02:08 He's really settled into the Premier League so quickly has Rodgers.

02:11 Only 21 years of age, he expected to take a little while to bed in but pretty much immediately

02:16 he's had a lot of starts under Emery because of the injuries to Jacob Ramsey.

02:21 He doesn't look fazed, he's enjoying the time of his life at the moment and he's only going

02:24 to get better and better.

02:25 It's scary how good that boy could become.

02:28 But it wasn't just him, it was a team performance.

02:30 Watkins as I say, Leon Bailey as well, could have had another assist for a very impressive

02:35 through ball to Watkins in the second half.

02:37 The way he clipped the ball over the top to Watkins with curl and technique was just sublime.

02:43 That player is completely different this season to last.

02:45 Diaby, a little bit of a struggle today despite his goal.

02:48 He did get his goal which ups his rating and my player ratings but his decision making

02:53 was poor.

02:54 And then Matty Cash giving away a penalty for Dominic Solanke in the first half.

02:57 Terrible defending in that instance but we'll try and ignore that, keep the positives going

03:01 for Villa as they move six points clear of Tottenham.

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