Overview
- Emiliano Martínez blocked a one-on-one in stoppage time Sunday, and Aston Villa broke from that save for Tammy Abraham to score the 93rd-minute winner.
- Ollie Watkins scored twice before halftime and Morgan Rogers pushed it to 3-1 early in the second half, then Trai Hume and Wilson Isidor hit in quick succession to make it 3-3 late.
- The victory leaves Villa in fourth place on 58 points with five matches to play, strengthening their bid to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
- Unai Emery’s team now balance the league run-in with Europa League semifinals this month, making lineup rotation and match fitness more decisive.
- The decisive sequence showed how a goalkeeper’s clean stop can trigger a fast break, as Lucas Digne’s cross from the counter found Abraham for the finish.