Ollie Watkins made two items of Aston Villa historical past along with his early aim of their 4-1 victory towards Newcastle.
The striker scored after simply 30 seconds at Villa Park on Saturday night.
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His strike was his fifteenth Premier League aim of the marketing campaign and 74th within the competitors total for Villa.
It means Watkins has now joined Gabby Agbonlahor because the membership’s all-time prime scorer within the Premier League.
In the meantime, the 29-year-old has additionally turn out to be the primary Villa participant to attain 15 or extra objectives in three consecutive Premier League seasons.
Watkins beforehand scored 15 within the 2022/23 marketing campaign earlier than 19 league objectives final time period.
It follows tallies of 14 and 11 within the league throughout his first two seasons at Villa.
The England worldwide joined the membership from Brentford again in 2020.
Throughout all competitions, Watkins has 85 objectives in 216 matches for Villa.
It means he’s nonetheless over a century of strikes wanting all-time main scorer Billy Walker’s tally of 244 between 1919 and 1933.
He has now equalled Agbonlahor’s tally in virtually half as many matches because the Villa academy graduate, although.
Watkins reached 74 objectives in simply 179 Premier League appearances for the membership.
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Agbonlahor achieved the identical feat in 322 matches within the top-flight, having spent his complete profession at Villa.
The retired ahead hung up his boots in the summertime of 2018 aged 32.
As for Watkins, he nonetheless has 5 matches this season to surpass Agbonlahor as Villa’s outright prime Premier League scorer.
His newest strike set Unai Emery’s aspect up for a vital three factors within the race for a prime 4 end.
Fabian Schar equalised for the guests earlier than Ian Maatsen restored Villa’s lead after the interval.
An personal aim from Dan Burn was then adopted by Amadou Onana’s strike two minutes later to seal a snug victory.
The outcome lifts Villa as much as sixth within the desk and only a level off the highest 4.
Nevertheless, each Nottingham Forest and Chelsea have performed a recreation lower than their rivals for Champions League qualification.