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Danny Ings has scored 3 goals successful the Premier League this seasonAston Villa made the cleanable commencement to beingness aft Steven Gerrard arsenic they bushed Brentford astatine a buoyant Villa Park to grounds lone their 3rd triumph of the season.
Ex-Liverpool skipper Gerrard was sacked connected Thursday pursuing a dense decision astatine Fulham, with archetypal squad manager Aaron Danks taking complaint of Sunday's game.
And Danks enjoyed an unthinkable debut successful the dugout arsenic Villa recovered themselves 3-0 up wrong 15 minutes.
Leon Bailey got the shot rolling erstwhile helium swept successful from Douglas Luiz's walk pursuing a astute country regular successful the 2nd minute.
Danny Ings made it 2-0 5 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium stabbed successful from Bailey's transverse earlier the striker got his 2nd of the crippled successful the 14th minute, converting a punishment aft Tyrone Mings had been fouled.
Brentford seldom looked susceptible of providing a response, with their champion accidental of the archetypal fractional an Ethan Pinnock goal-bound volley that was blocked by his team-mate, summing up the Bees' fortunes.
Instead, the visitors were reliant connected David Raya preventing Villa from adding further goals earlier half-time arsenic helium kept retired efforts from Matty Cash and Luiz.
Brentford were marginally amended aft the interruption but could not forestall ex-Bees striker Ollie Watkins adding a 4th erstwhile helium finished from adjacent scope aft his archetypal changeable had been pushed connected to the post.
The triumph moved Villa up to 14th successful the Premier League, 3 points supra the bottommost three. Brentford, meanwhile, are 10th connected 14 points.
Shackles disconnected arsenic Villa amusement contiguous response
This was an unbelievable show by a Villa squad who had been struggling to people goals nether Gerrard but, seemingly with the shackles off, they fto escaped connected a stunned Brentford side.
Before Sunday, Villa were the joint-second lowest goalscorers successful the Premier League this play with seven, but successful conscionable 14 minutes they scored arsenic galore goals arsenic they managed successful 409 minutes nether Gerrard.
Their build-up play was accelerated and incisive, with Brentford struggling to adjacent down the spaces and they could person won by an adjacent bigger borderline with some Luiz and Emi Buendia not acold disconnected with shots from distance.
Danks, who had been adjunct to Dean Smith anterior to Gerrard's arrival, had besides made a brave telephone earlier kick-off by benching skipper John McGinn. His bold enactment whitethorn beryllium conscionable what Villa request - surely successful the abbreviated word - arsenic they look to ascent the array quickly.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number9Player nameIngs
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number16Player nameChambers
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number35Player nameArcher
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Brentford
Squad number1Player nameRaya
Squad number20Player nameAjer
Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number8Player nameJensen
Squad number3Player nameHenry
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number17Player nameToney
Squad number7Player nameCanós
Squad number10Player nameDasilva
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard
Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Martínez
- 2CashSubstituted forChambersat 81'minutes
- 4Konsa
- 5Mings
- 18Young
- 32DendonckerSubstituted forMcGinnat 63'minutes
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 11WatkinsSubstituted forArcherat 81'minutes
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forCoutinhoat 71'minutes
- 31BaileySubstituted forJ Ramseyat 71'minutes
- 9IngsBooked astatine 35mins
Substitutes
- 7McGinn
- 8Sanson
- 16Chambers
- 19Nakamba
- 20Bednarek
- 23Coutinho
- 25Olsen
- 35Archer
- 41J Ramsey
Brentford
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Raya
- 20Ajer
- 13M JorgensenSubstituted forDamsgaardat 61'minutes
- 5Pinnock
- 30RoerslevSubstituted forCanósat 45'minutes
- 15OnyekaSubstituted forDasilvaat 45'minutes
- 27Janelt
- 8JensenSubstituted forBaptisteat 78'minutes
- 3Henry
- 19MbeumoSubstituted forWissaat 61'minutes
- 17Toney
Substitutes
- 7Canós
- 10Dasilva
- 11Wissa
- 14Ghoddos
- 16Mee
- 24Damsgaard
- 26Baptiste
- 32Crama
- 34Cox
Referee:Darren England
Attendance:41,693
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 4, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 4, Brentford 0.
Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Calum Chambers (Aston Villa).
Sergi Canós (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Ashley Young (Aston Villa).
Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
Cameron Archer (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Josh Dasilva (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa).
Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Cameron Archer (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Cameron Archer replaces Ollie Watkins.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Matty Cash.
Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford).
Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Mathias Jensen.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by John McGinn.
Attempt missed. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Mathias Jensen with a transverse pursuing a corner.
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