Aston Villa score late winner, deny Wolves first point

Updated: Sep 24, 2024, 09:28 am
Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for Aston Villa as they beat Wolves.
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Aston Villa denied Wolverhampton Wanderers their first victory in the Premier League this season after they came from behind to win their West Midlands derby 3-1 with two late goals on Saturday.

After a lively start, Wolves took the lead when Matheus Cunha anticipated a pass from Diego Carlos and timed his run to perfection to nick the ball and skip past a challenge before shooting from outside the box to beat Emiliano Martínez in goal.

Villa did not have a shot on target in the first half but their pressure in the second eventually paid off when they won the ball high up and Ollie Watkins saw his shot take a fortuitous deflection to beat the goalkeeper and make it 1-1.

With Wolves struggling, Villa eventually found the winner in the 88th minute when Youri Tielemans put in a cross to the far post where Ezri Konsa fired home to seal the three points before Jhon Duran tapped in a third on a counter-attack in added time.