Dibu Martínez conceded three goals, but avoided defeat as Aston Villa moves away from the top of the Premier League

This time, the crack saves Emiliano Martinez -two face-offs that he overcame with his feet- he couldn’t prevent the defeat of Aston Villawho lost 3-1 at home against Newcastle by the 22nd of premier league.

Two goals from Fabian Schär and one from Álex Moreno, against, aggravated the fall of Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, who have not won any of their last three matches and could lose their place in the Champions League. Newcastle United left Villa Park with three points in a victory built on Schär’s two first-half free kick goals.

In the 32nd minute the Swiss finished a corner on his own which the Villa defense ate at the near post and then took advantage of a carom to score his second brace in the Premier League.

At the exit of another corner, Anthony Gordon shoots from outside, the ball is deflected by Clement Lenglet and falls at the feet of Schär, who only has to clear it to the desperation of Emiliano Martínez.

Already in the second half, with Villa concentrating on the attack, Gordon found a gap in the defense and opened with a pass to Miguel Almirón which the Paraguayan directed to the far post to allow Jacob Murphy to push. However, the Englishman touched and it was Alex Moreno, in his attempt to clear, who put the ball into the goal, as well as taking a good hit with his stick.

In the final twenty minutes, Villa dreamed of an unlikely comeback when Ollie Watkins recovered one to make it 1-3 and scored the 2-3, albeit offside by a few centimetres.

Thus, the Draw team is left empty-handed, despite ending a run of two consecutive games without scoring, but remains with 43 points, with the possibility that Tottenham Hotspur, if they beat Brentford this Wednesday, will take away their place in the Champions League.

Newcastle continues its climb and is now seventh, with 32 points, seven places away from the Europa League.