{"id":30907,"date":"2025-01-15T22:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=30907"},"modified":"2025-01-15T22:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:08:45","slug":"ollie-watkins-spoils-david-moyes-return-as-aston-villa-secure-narrow-win-at-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ollie-watkins-spoils-david-moyes-return-as-aston-villa-secure-narrow-win-at-everton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ollie Watkins Spoils David Moyes&#8217; Return As Aston Villa Secure Narrow Win At Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch Everton Vs Aston Villa highlights as Ollie Watkins&#8217; second-half strike was enough to secure victory for Villa at Goodison Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Toffees boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/david-moyes-names-manager-previously-denied-him-everton-return\/\">David Moyes<\/a> replaced Sean Dyche after the latter&#8217;s sacking last week.<\/p>\n<p>But there was no fairytale return for the Scottish coach, who rejoined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/darren-ferguson-defends-decision-not-to-bring-on-ashley-youngs-son-against-everton\/\">Everton<\/a> more than a decade after leaving to take charge at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-united-vs-southampton-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups\/\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was a self-inflicted wound that killed off Everton. A poor pass from Jarrad Branthwaite was latched onto by Villa&#8217;s Morgan Rogers, who found Watkins to slot the ball past England keeper Jordan Pickford.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins had the chance to score earlier on, but blasted wide after racing onto Ashley Young&#8217;s wayward back-pass.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end, Dominic Calvert-Lewin had the chance to end his goal drought. After being sent through by Vitalii Mykolenko, he couldn&#8217;t keep his effort on target, with another attempt cleared off the line.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ramsey missed a golden chance for Villa just before halftime, but he too sent it wide of the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Calvert-Lewin looked to have been fouled in the box by Youri Tielemans, but the officials were not interested and no penalty was given.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch: Everton Vs Aston Villa Highlights<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Watkins\u2019 strike spoils Moyes\u2019 Everton return | Everton 0-1 Aston Villa | Premier League highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yJZc_69-uQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The result sees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jhon-duran-transfer-news-west-ham\/\">Aston Villa<\/a> move up to seventh, three points outside the Champions League places.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s men have won three ion a row in all competitions, and last tasted defeat at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/newcastle-vs-wolves-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups\/\">Newcastle<\/a> on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>For Everton, they remain perilously close to the bottom three. The Toffees are just one point above the drop zone, and six below Manchester United above them.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes certainly has a job on his hand to keep Everton in the Premier League, something he is well aware of.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Everton host Tottenham on Sunday in the Premier League. Villa, meanwhile, travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Everton Vs Aston Villa highlights as Ollie Watkins&#8217; second-half strike was enough to secure victory for Villa at Goodison Park. New Toffees boss David Moyes replaced Sean Dyche after the latter&#8217;s sacking last week. 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