Norwich relegated with tame loss at Aston Villa


Ollie Watkins scores for Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins scored his ninth league goal of the season

Norwich were relegated from the Premier League with defeat against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

The tame loss, coupled with Burnley’s dramatic comeback win at Watford, leaves the Canaries bottom of the table and 13 points from safety with four games to play.

Their fans continued to support as a relegation that has looked on the cards for some time was confirmed.

Ollie Watkins put Villa ahead in the first half, capitalising on a slip from Brandon Williams before lashing high into the net.

Williams’ error summed up Norwich’s season, as did their lack of potency in front of goal. They created limited openings, while Villa hit the woodwork in each half.

Danny Ings added a late goal in stoppage time to add to Norwich’s misery.

The low-key win for Villa ends a five-match winless run, lifts them to 13th in the table and takes them to the 40-point mark.

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Aston Villa

  1. Squad number1Player nameMartínez

  2. Squad number2Player nameCash

  3. Squad number16Player nameChambers

  4. Squad number5Player nameMings

  5. Squad number27Player nameDigne

  6. Squad number47Player nameIroegbunam

  7. Squad number31Player nameBailey

  8. Squad number7Player nameMcGinn

  9. Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey

  10. Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho

  11. Squad number11Player nameWatkins

  1. Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz

  2. Squad number10Player nameBuendía

  3. Squad number20Player nameIngs

Norwich City

  1. Squad number1Player nameKrul

  2. Squad number2Player nameAarons

  3. Squad number5Player nameHanley

  4. Squad number3Player nameByram

  5. Squad number21Player nameWilliams

  6. Squad number8Player nameGilmour

  7. Squad number16Player nameNormann

  8. Squad number10Player nameDowell

  9. Squad number20Player nameLees-Melou

  10. Squad number17Player nameRashica

  11. Squad number22Player namePukki

  1. Squad number7Player nameRupp

  2. Squad number24Player nameSargent

  3. Squad number46Player nameRowe

Line-ups

Aston Villa

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 1Martínez
  • 2Cash
  • 16ChambersBooked at 44mins
  • 5Mings
  • 27Digne
  • 47IroegbunamBooked at 61minsSubstituted forDouglas Luizat 73′minutes
  • 31BaileySubstituted forIngsat 40′minutesBooked at 65mins
  • 7McGinn
  • 41J RamseyBooked at 67mins
  • 23CoutinhoSubstituted forBuendíaat 76′minutes
  • 11Watkins

Substitutes

  • 4Konsa
  • 6Douglas Luiz
  • 10Buendía
  • 15Traoré
  • 18Young
  • 19Nakamba
  • 20Ings
  • 25Olsen
  • 33Chukwuemeka

Norwich

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Krul
  • 2AaronsBooked at 23mins
  • 5Hanley
  • 3Byram
  • 21Williams
  • 8Gilmour
  • 16Normann
  • 10Dowell
  • 20Lees-MelouSubstituted forSargentat 67′minutesSubstituted forRuppat 81′minutes
  • 17RashicaSubstituted forRoweat 78′minutes
  • 22Pukki

Substitutes

  • 4Gibson
  • 7Rupp
  • 11Placheta
  • 18Tzolis
  • 19Sørensen
  • 24Sargent
  • 28Gunn
  • 30Giannoulis
  • 46Rowe

Referee:
John Brooks

Attendance:
40,290

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