Aston Villa had not triumphed in any of their last eight games in all competitions going into Wednesday's match against Brentford, but there was only going to be one winner once Morgan Rogers had curled Unai Emery's side ahead midway through the first half.

Brentford fell to a 3-1 defeat away from home against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Mikkel Damsgaard netted early in a much-improved second period for the Bees but first-half

Aston Villa survived a jittery second half to end an eight-match winless streak with a 3-1 home Premier League win over Brentford on Wednesday.