Brentford did not waste time in making enjoyable of Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez regardless of dropping 2-1 in opposition to them at dwelling.
The Premier League sides clashed on the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday (December 17) as the house aspect took the lead by way of Keane Lewis-Potter’s first top-flight objective. They suffered a setback after captain Ben Mee was proven a straight crimson card as six minutes later, Villa pulled a objective again by way of Alex Moreno.
The recreation wasn’t stage for lengthy as Unai Emery’s aspect struck once more, this time by way of star striker Ollie Watkins who bagged his fourth objective in 5 video games to safe the three factors for the away aspect who additionally went all the way down to 10 males after Boubacar Kamara was given his marching orders in stoppage-time.
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It was definitely an action-packed affair with Martinez, 31, getting in on it after a spat with Neal Maupay. After chasing down the ball for a nook, Maupay ran into the World Cup winner who dramatically dropped to the bottom.
Writhing in ache, the goalkeeper was holding his shoulder whereas the Frenchman seemed on with a smile on his face on the best way to the nook flag earlier than he was proven a reserving.
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He quickly made his approach onto his ft and later claimed revenge on the striker by pushing him in a scuffle as Martinez earned a reserving by trying to choose him up by his shirt. Despite Brentford’s defeat – their third in a row – the membership determined to mock the keeper for his dramatic fall to the bottom.
The membership’s TikTookay account posted a video of the incident with the caption: “All the best in your recovery, Emi!”. Their feedback part was quickly full of Aston Villa followers who rubbed the ultimate outcome of their face with one supporter writing: “what was the score again” whereas one other jokingly commented: “all the best in staying in the league”.
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It’s been a troublesome season for Brentford who’ve gained simply 5 league video games this season and look resigned to dropping Ivan Toney in January with reported curiosity from the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea.