{"id":53333,"date":"2023-08-29T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T04:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/villa-top-off-a-great-week-with-win-over-burnley\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T05:27:52","slug":"villa-top-off-a-great-week-with-win-over-burnley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/villa-top-off-a-great-week-with-win-over-burnley\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa top off a great week with win over Burnley"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aston Villa topped off a great week on the pitch with their third win in 7 days as they beat newly promoted Burnley 1-3 at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n
Villa had failed to pick up a win in their previous five outings on the road in the Premier League but Unai Emery was determined to change that statistic.<\/p>\n
The Basque manager made one unforced change from the 0-5 win over Hibernian<\/a> on Wednesday night with Matty Cash replacing Leon Bailey, which proved to be a genius decision.<\/p>\n Cash commented on how the manager predicted virtually everything that would happen in the game which helped Villa to control a Burnley side who had looked decent against the Champions Manchester City two weeks ago.<\/p>\n Villa are becoming like a well-oiled machine. Regardless of the system and what player comes into the team, everyone knows their roles. Villa can be slow and patient when building up from the back but electric when the ball finds the front three.<\/p>\n I have often watched other sides dominate and play good football, wondering why Villa couldn\u2019t do the same. Unai Emery entered the club and this has changed. We are now a joy to watch!<\/p>\n It took the visitors just eight minutes to take the lead through Cash, who was playing a more advanced role than we have become accustomed to seeing him play.<\/p>\n John McGinn found Ollie Watkins with a lofted-through ball, the forward crossed the ball across the goalmouth for a sliding in Cash who poked the ball home.<\/p>\n Twelve minutes later Villa doubled their lead. Cash got onto the end of a Watkins pass, and cut inside to find Moussa Diaby<\/a>, who returned the ball inside to Cash and fired past James Trafford.<\/p>\n Villa were on top as Burnley were outclassed, particularly in the opening 45 minutes and came close again late in the move, again through Cash who watched on as his volley was blocked and then Watkins was denied by Trafford with a chance the striker would have expected to score.<\/p>\n The home side introduced J\u00f3hann Berg Gu\u00f0mundsson at the break and they were quick out the blocks to the surprise of Villa. The substitute was involved when he headed down the ball in the box for Lyle Foster who was able to turn Pau Torres and fire past Robin Olsen in the Villa goal.<\/p>\n Burnley continued to pile on the pressure for the first time in the game as Villa looked at sixes and sevens.<\/p>\n But Villa are a different team these days and in the past, it was the kind of game we would have probably thrown away. It wasn\u2019t to be though and Villa coped with the pressure before restoring their two-goal lead on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n McGinn was able to shrug off Ameen Al-Dakhil and play a through ball for Lucas Digne. The full-back pulled the ball back for Diaby who slotted home from the edge of the area.<\/p>\n Watkins could have made it four with 20 minutes to play but once again he was denied by Trafford.<\/p>\nMatch Report: Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa<\/h3>\n