Aston Villa vs Brighton LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture today
Villa will move into the top four in the Premier League if they can secure a win
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Your support makes all the difference.Aston Villa host Brighton in their first game back after the international break, with Dean Smith’s side looking to continue their excellent start to the campaign.
Over the break it was one of their stars in Jack Grealish who was making all the headlines, shining with England and quickly becoming a favourite of the national team’s fans.
Domestically, Villa have won five of their seven games so far and a win will take them level with Leicester City, who went into the break top of the table.
Brighton have struggled to find an end product to go with their at-times excellent build-up play and have just one win from eight games so far, 16th in the table at the start of play. Follow the end of Newcastle vs Chelsea and the build-up to the game at Villa Park below:
Over to Villa Park now, where Dean Smith’s Aston Villa will hope to continue their excellent start to the season. They should be confident, too, after a 3-0 win at Arsenal before the international break.
Their visitors Brighton have earned plaudits for their style of play under Graham Potter but points have been hard to come by. They’re just three points above the bottom three heading into this one.
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce: "We got off to an awful start. First half maybe we were too passive. Second half was much better but you open up and they pick you off. Our best spell in the game was when they scored the second goal. Maybe we were too deep and had too much respect at times. They're a very, very good side. There's always grumbles. We had a couple of players missing, it was a difficult afternoon and Chelsea have spent huge amounts of money."
MATCH REPORT
Abraham strikes as superb Chelsea ease past Newcastle to go top
Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea: The Blues eased to victory to maintain their fine form under Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard speaks to BT Sport: "I think we played well, it's not an easy game coming here against a very organised team. The second goal was so important. We put the game away very well, I thought. The result is key in these games because the Premier League is tough and relentless. I thought they dealt with the challenge of the game today, so I'm very pleased. I'm not going to get excited about being top of the table for five minutes; it's a long race."
Five things we learned as Chelsea go top of the league
Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea: Fernandez’s early own goal and a neat finish from Abraham sent the Blues top
Goal scorer Tammy Abraham speaks to BT Sport: "It's a fantastic result, we dug deep. Coming here's never easy. We didn't let the international break distract us."
FULL-TIME
That’s it! An easy win for Chelsea in the end, who move to the top of the Premier League with their third successive victory. Newcastle, meanwhile, were dismal again and have big problems under Steve Bruce.
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