Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford
Brentford claimed their first ever victory at Villa Park with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Unai Emery’s high-flyers.
A turbulent end to the first half saw Kevin Shade sent off for the Bees for an apparent stamp on Matty Cash.
Moments later, Dango Ouattara gave the ten men the lead by scoring powerfully in stoppage time.
Four minutes after restarting, Villa Aston thought they had equalized through Tammy Abraham; however, the goal was disallowed following a VAR review which deemed the ball to be out of play during the build-up.
From there, the hosts dominated possession and desperately tried to make something out of the draw. In the end, a valiant defensive display from the visitors saw Keith Andrews’ men take all three points and edge Fulham – who lost 3-2 at Old Trafford – in seventh place.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace
Similar drama occurred in the latter stages of the first half of the match between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace.
Morgan Gibbs-White gave Forest the lead at the City Ground when he headed home from a long throw into the box on five minutes.
And it remained that way until half-time when, from a Palace corner, Neco Williams saw red for appearing to clear a header off the goal line with his hand.
There was little protest from the hosts and, from the resulting spot-kick, Ismaila Sarr drew the visitors level.
The result keeps Forest one place above the relegation zone, six points clear of West Ham.
Palace, meanwhile, are 14th, three points and three places above Sean Dyche’s side.
