Aston Villa 4-0 Everton: Leon Bailey gets goal and assist in thumping win

Douglas Luiz has scored 3 goals successful his past 5 games for Aston Villa

Aston Villa recovered from their opening Premier League thrashing astatine Newcastle by thumping woeful Everton 4-0 astatine Villa Park.

Fine enactment from the fleet-footed winger allowed him to make the opener for skipper John McGinn, who clipped location a first-time decorativeness from adjacent range.

The hosts doubled their pb connected 24 minutes courtesy of Douglas Luiz's punishment aft the referee adjudged Jordan Pickford to person brought down Ollie Watkins successful the box.

Villa were carving Everton unfastened with easiness and Jamaica planetary Bailey pounced to nett their 3rd aft the break, punishing Toffees defender Michael Keane's mediocre clearance.

England keeper Pickford made a stunning absorption prevention to contradict Moussa Diaby's thunderous volley but much shambolic defending from the distant broadside talented Jhon Duran a fourth.

Everton substitute Arnaut Danjuma forced Emiliano Martinez into a decent prevention but Sean Dyche's broadside person present mislaid their opening 2 games this season.

And a wretched day for the visitors was made worse with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Alex Iwobi some hobbling disconnected injured.

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Bailey and Diaby impressment for Villa

In this fixture past season, erstwhile England team-mates Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard were successful the dugout for their respective sides.

Both teams changed their managers during the campaign, but it is wide which squad has been helped astir by that.

Spaniard Emery has done a singular occupation since being appointed successful October, dragging Villa distant from the relegation portion to a European finish.

Having been taken isolated by the Magpies successful their opener, Villa did the aforesaid to Everton astatine their location fortress, collecting their eighth consecutive triumph connected their ain turf.

Bailey weaved his magic from the near wing, giving Ashley Young a torrid clip connected his instrumentality to his erstwhile club, portion nine grounds signing Diaby looks to person fitted successful seamlessly and was arsenic awesome successful the last third.

Once McGinn enactment the hosts ahead, determination was lone going to beryllium 1 victor and Luiz and Bailey extended Villa's vantage earlier Colombian Duran netted his archetypal for the nine minutes aft coming connected arsenic a substitute to adhd gloss to an emphatic victory.

Calvert-Lewin's wounded woes continue

Everton escaped relegation by the tegument of their teeth connected the last time of past play and the aboriginal signs suggest this could beryllium different play of conflict for the Toffees.

They person mislaid some their opening games without scoring to descend to the bottommost of the table.

Beaten by Fulham successful their archetypal crippled having missed galore chances, Everton were demolished by Villa who took afloat vantage of antiaircraft lapses connected a scorching time successful the Midlands.

Stricken striker Calvert-Lewin was acceptable to commencement but lasted lone 36 minutes arsenic helium came disconnected with a facial wounded suffered earlier successful the crippled pursuing a collision with goalkeeper Martinez.

The Englishman has completed 90 minutes conscionable 4 times successful the league since the commencement of past play and with Neal Maupay retired of signifier and summertime signing Youssef Chermiti not yet fit, Everton desperately request to find goals from somewhere.

Danjuma looked lively aft coming connected for Calvert-Lewin, but missed a aureate accidental connected the changeable of half-time erstwhile his debased changeable was kept retired by Martinez, the champion accidental the visitors managed to fashion.

Up adjacent for Everton is simply a immense clash adjacent Saturday against chap winless broadside Wolves, who person besides mislaid some of their games truthful far.