Matt Maher on Aston Villa's win over Fulham

Matt Maher gives his take on the victory

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00:00Good evening from Craven Cottage where it finished full and one, Aston Villa three,

00:08another win on the road for Unai Emery's team, their third of the season taking ten points from

00:14four Premier League away matches, the first time they've gone unbeaten for the first four away

00:19league games of the season since 2006. 17 points in the first eight league games in total is their

00:26best return since 1998 and after the international break and the start of another busy run with three

00:32matches in in 21 days this was Villa's best performance of the season, their best result

00:37of the season considering the opposition, Fulham were just a point behind them in the table at the

00:42start of the day but after a shaky start which saw Villa go one nil down inside five minutes,

00:48former wall striker Raul Jimenez scoring for the hosts, Villa were the better team,

00:55Morgan Rodgers equalising via a deflected effort quickly, key moment of the game came in the 26th

01:01minute Fulham were awarded a penalty at the time when Villa were probably on top,

01:05Andres Pereira tried to out psych Emi Martinez and ended up getting out psyched himself, weak

01:13penalty, Martinez saves, diving to his left and then you know Villa were on top from that point,

01:20always looked the more likely goal scorers and they eventually scored in the 60th minute,

01:24Olly Watkins with a superb header, his fifth goal of the season, fantastic powerheader past

01:30Bernd Leno who had earlier denied Watkins, saved from Jacob Ramsey and also prevented

01:36Joachim Andersen from scoring an own goal, Andersen then sent off four minutes after

01:41Watkins had put Villa 2-1 up, after hauling down Watkins when he was through on goal and

01:47then the game put beyond doubt when Issa Diok put through his own net with 21 minutes to go,

01:54only save point on the day for Villa was a stoppage time sent off for Jadon Philhazine for a

01:58second bookable offence, looked pretty soft but you know in the grand scheme of things

02:05you know only a minor disappointment in what was a pretty you know impressive performance from

02:10Villa against a good team back into the Premier League top four and a real confidence boost

02:14heading into another busy run of fixtures.