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Aston Villa vs Brighton : The Steven Gerrard era at Villa Park got murder to a bright start with a 2-0 home winnings in his Premier League ( managerial ) debut on Saturday.

[ MORE: How to watch PL in USA ] Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings got the goals for Aston Villa, who now sit 16th in the Premier League table with 13 points from their first 12 games. Brighton ( 17 points ), on the early hand, fall to 8th .

Aston Villa vs Brighton final score final score, stats, results

final examination sexual conquest : Aston Villa 2, Brighton 0 finish scorers : Aston Villa ( Watkins 84′, Mings 89′ ), Brighton ( none ) Shots : Aston Villa 9, Brighton 6 Shots on aim : Aston Villa 5, Brighton 2 self-control : Aston Villa 37 %, Brighton 63 %

3 things we learned – Aston Villa vs Brighton

1. A defensive foundation to build upon : When we discussed Gerrard ’ s appointment this week, the PST staff was in universal joint agreement that his beginning order of business must be to sort out Aston Villa ’ s porous defensive to give them a fighting shot in games where they were previously beaten far excessively easily. It ’ s merely one bet on, but Villa were beyond brilliant without the ball on Saturday. Brighton had 63 percentage of possession, as they tend to do, but managed barely six shots in total over 90 minutes. It ’ second hard impossible to ignore the new boss ’ second impact.

2. Path in place for Gerrard, Aston Villa : Despite being forced to fire their director already this season, Aston Villa remain in a hard position to build for the future. The talent is there, the match is good with the huge majority of the first-team team, and now everyone is pulling in the same steering again. Gerrard will have been a childhood favored ( if not idol ) of a act of the players he now manages, and they all played like they urgently wanted to impress the man, the myth, the caption on Saturday. 3. Possession aplenty, little else for Brighton : It was a bite jarring to see Brighton flummoxed and frustrated by parts of the fun other than finishing. You know you won ’ t see much of the ball when you play the Seagulls, and Gerrard had his team perfectly prepared for that challenge. Man of the Match : Tyrone Mings – He was man of the match before his belated finish, and that ’ s a identical welcome gestural at Villa Park .

Aston Villa vs Brighton final score, highlights

Ollie Watkins makes the most of a rare chance (goal video)

The kind of counter-attack that Aston Villa became known for during the stature of Jack Grealish wearing a claret and blue shirt. [ VIDEO: PL highlights ] 

Tyrone Mings in the right place at the right time to make it 2-0 (goal video)

Mings made it look rather easy for a center back, when therefore many others would have gotten it so wrong.

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