At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on December 15, a match in the 17th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Norwich city played at home to Aston Villa. Aston Villa have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 9 of their first 16 league games and are not very well ranked. After Gerrard took over, he improved the team's performance, winning 3 games, but also losing to two strong teams, including a 1-2 loss to Manchester City and a 1-0 loss to Liverpool. This aston Villa is against the bottom-ranked relegation team Norwich, and the goal of facing this opponent Aston Villa is to take all three points.
In this game, Aston Villa lined up 433 attacking formations. Damien Martinez plays the starting goalkeeper. Taggart, Mins, Consa and Kass partnered at 4 defenders. Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz and McGinn make up three midfielders. The attacking combination of Ashley Young, Watkins and Buendia joined forces. Danny Ince sits on the bench. Norwich are also in the 433 formation, with Poiahta, Puki and Cantwell starting out.
In the 7th minute of the game, McGinn tried a long-range shot from 23 meters away from the goal, and the force was so great that the goalkeeper did not dare to slack off and lifted the ball off the crossbar. In the 19th minute, Taggart volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, did not kick the right part, the kick was deflected, and the ball went straight to the spectator stands. In the 33rd minute, Aston Villa scored! Watkins passed the ball to Jacob Ramsey near the midline, who dribbled into the box and fired into the net. This ball is a complete manifestation of personal ability! Aston Villa took the lead. At half-time, Aston Villa led 1-0. Aston Villa had 50% possession in the first half, with 10 shots on goal, 3 shots on target and 1 goal. Norwich only had three shots on goal in the first half, one on target, and failed to score.
In the second half, it was easy to fight again, and it was still Aston Villa that occupied the initiative on the field, although Norwich wanted to equalize, but the strength was limited, it was difficult to regain the initiative, but there were also sporadic opportunities, but they did not score. Buendia had a chance to extend the score in the 74th minute, but the shot was blocked. In the 87th minute, Aston Villa scored again! This time it was Watkins who scored in front of goal and sent the ball into the empty goal. The goal lost the suspense of the game. Norwich have never been able to score. In the end, Aston Villa beat Norwich 2-0. Gerald won! Norwich continue to sink and have not won five consecutive games.