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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Peter Lansley at Villa Park

McGinn and Watkins dash Fulham hopes to keep Villa’s strong home form

Ollie Watkins scores past Bernd Leno
Ollie Watkins scores Aston Villa’s third goal past Bernd Leno. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/Reuters

The rain teemed down for most people in B6 but all Aston Villa fans can see right now are clear blue skies.

Unai Emery’s free-scoring team equalled the club’s postwar record of winning at home for the 13th league game in a row, matching the run set by the European Cup-winning team across two seasons in 1983. Even as Antonee Robinson inadvertently played a role in all four goals to leave Fulham two places above the relegation zone, Villa moved to within two points of second place in the Premier League.

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