Aston Villa Wins Crystal to Easy Their Relegation Fears
Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to reduce the relegation pressure on them, their victory today gave them a sort of hope to still survive the relegation, Norwich was confirmed to already been relegated yesterday after the 4-0 demolition by West Ham United. Aston Villa boss Dean Smith said their victory over Palace is hope they can still survive.
Trezeguet scored twice as struggling Villa secured a first league win since 21st of January to move to within four points of safety with three games to go. the manager also said: “We have found it hard this season and there is no getting away from that,” said Smith after his side’s first win in 11 league games.”
“I know these players can play under pressure. We have been playing tournament football since we came back. “We haven’t got the points we need but we’re still in the tournament.” Aston Villa took the lead just before half-time when Egypt winger Trezeguet side-footed the ball into the net at the back post after Palace had failed to clear a free-kick.
Shortly after the break, the hosts were awarded a penalty by referee Martin Atkinson after Patrick van Aanholt’s challenge on Jack Grealish, but the decision was overturned after another long VAR check.
Aston Villa sealed their victory when Trezeguet toe-poked home his second goal and, after the final whistle, Palace forward Christian Benteke, who was playing against his former club, was shown a red card as tempers boiled over. Palace, who have now lost their past five league games, started with Wilfried Zaha, who revealed before the match he had received racist abuse on social media.