Gut Reactions: Villa Sweep Baggies Aside

Villa fans need to put some respect on Anwar El Ghazi’s name. He owns the Hawthorns.
Traore arrived tonight. His cross for El Ghazi to score was inch perfect and his goal was pure filth.
It’s almost like you shouldn’t write players off after a handful of games?
Was impressed with Villa’s positive, aggressive start to the game. Getting the early goal was crucial to this game not becoming the same as against Burnley.
I missed Matty Cash. His link up with Traore is growing.
Ross Barkley isn’t getting back in the team at the moment.
Matt Targett is stringing good games together.
Livermore is an absolute goon. A daft challenge deservedly got him sent off.
A yellow card was right for Hause’s tackle. Clumsy but not malicious.
Mings and Hause handled their minimal workload with ease.
Grealish was routinely brilliant. He plays the game at a different speed than anyone else on the pitch.
It looked like another instance where Villa wouldn’t kill the game off, but as soon as West Brom opened up to try to steal an equaliser, it was child’s play.
Watkins is in a rotten run of luck right now. The goals will come.
It feels like Villa should be higher than ninth. If they’d have played and beaten Newcastle, though, they’d be fifth.
If you’d have offered me 7 points from Wolves, Burnley and Baggies a few weeks ago, I’d have taken it.
I can’t believe that’s Villa’s first win at the Hawthorns in 12 years.
I love this team.
UTV.