Newcastle 0-2 Aston Villa: Watkins seals historic first win at St James’ Park since 2005 | OneFootball

Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon, recording their first win at St.James’ Park in 21 years.

The hosts started on the front foot as Emiliano Martinez made a good save to deny Sandro Tonali from giving them the lead after the Italian skipped past three Villa players.

Nick Pope replicated the same gesture at the other end, sticking out his leg to deny Ollie Watkins from breaking the deadlock.

Emi Buendia opened the scoring with a fantastic strike, curling a long-range effort beyond the outstretched Pope, following a brilliant team move.

The Newcastle goalkeeper then had to quickly come off his line, denying Ian Maatsen, who was racing through on goal to latch onto a loose pass.

Martinez made another superb stop late in the first half, tipping Lewis Miley’s header away from goal, before comfortably saving Yoanne Wissa’s header just before the break.

The Magpies’ suffered a big blow, moments after the interval, with Joelinton coming off due to injury and being replaced by Jacob Ramsey.

After surging down the right flank, Miley delivered a delightful cross into the path of Antony Gordon, but he could not connect with it cleanly.

Villa responded quickly with an attack of their own, with Pope parrying Morgan Rogers’ shot away.

Two minutes from time, Watkins sealed the victory, heading Lucas Digne’s cross into the net, marking Villa’s first win at Newcastle since 2005, and taking them four points behind leaders Arsenal.