Aston Villa beat Fulham 1-0 and is still sleepy from Champions

Despite the stamps in Champions and FA cup, Aston Villa still does not lose the season. Unai Emery team He beat Fulham (1-0) and equals points in the fight for fifth place to Chelsea and Nottingham Forestthat they do have one less.

A Youri Tielemans header at the exit of a corner It was enough for the villains to recover from the last two defeats, against Manchester City in the 94th minute to see their Champions League options diminish next season, and as a win against Crystal Palace in the semifinals of the FA Cup.

This, together with the elimination in the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint Germain, could presage a derailment of Emery’s in this end of the season. But nothing is further from reality. The team wants to repeat Champions next year and showed it in a suffered victory against Fulham.

Tielemans, surprising everyone in a corner, scored the only goal of the game in the twelve minute, and then the villa played with fire to the point that Ryan Sessegnon tied the match, with the fortune for those of Birmingham who before finishing controlled with his hand and the referee caught him.

The Villa, on the ankle boots of Ian Maatsen, Ollie Watkins and Donyell Malen, who crashed into the crossbar, was able to sentence the match, but forgave and, although the Fulham did not make him pay, it was not until the final beep when he could breathe and feel again in that fight for the Champions League.

With 60 points, The Villa Iguala Al Forest, who plays this weekend against Palace, and Chelsea, who receives Liverpooland stays two points from the Newcastle United, who visits Brighton, and four from Manchester City, who won this Friday at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In addition, the Villa opens a gap of nine points with the Fulham, which virtually prevents Marco Silva to hunt them in the seventh place.