ASTON VILLA REGISTERED their 13th Premier League home win on the bounce as Unai Emery’s men beat Fulham 3-1.
Villa were two goals up at the break following an Antonee Robinson own-goal and a strike from skipper John McGinn.
Fulham came close early in the second half when Emiliano Martinez tipped a Raul Jimenez shot against a post before Ollie Watkins added a third for the hosts with a 64th-minute finish.
Jimenez pulled a goal back for the visitors, but Villa were not to be denied as they equalled the post-war club record for successive top-flight home victories, matching the 13 in a row achieved in 1983.
Adam Webster’s own goal condemned Roberto De Zerbi to his worst league run with Brighton as Sheffield United escaped the bottom of the table with a 1-1 draw against the 10-man opposition.
Simon Adingra had put the Seagulls ahead with a brilliant solo run but Mahmoud Dahoud’s red card saw momentum shift before Webster slid into his own goal.
Brighton, who beat European giants Ajax on Thursday, are now winless in the Premier League in six matches, the longest boss De Zerbi has gone without a victory since arriving on the south coast last year.
Tomas Soucek’s persistence paid off as his late header secured a 3-2 win for West Ham against Nottingham Forest.
In the closing stages, the Czech midfielder hit the crossbar and had a header miraculously saved by Forest keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.
But Soucek made it third time lucky when he nodded home James Ward-Prowse’s corner to finally see off the visitors.
Goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Anthony Elanga had put Forest into the lead after Lucas Paqueta fired the Hammers ahead in the third minute.
But Jarrod Bowen’s eighth Premier League goal of the season hauled West Ham level before Soucek’s late heroics.
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