Gareth Southgate spent some of this week analysing the performances of his England players and, if Ollie Watkins did not feature, then the Aston Villa striker will certainly be prominent in his thoughts now after scoring two goals and superbly laying on another in an impressive destruction of Newcastle.
Southgate could not help but smile as the camera panned to him in the stands after Watkins, who also had a goal disallowed, added Villa’s third to rack up a fifth straight victory with a comprehensive display and one that will stay on the lips of supporters for a while.
