Sunderland 1 – 1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa shattered their scorer duck but was set by Soundland of 10 men in a 1-1 draw at the Light Stadium.
The newly promoted hosts, who played a little less than an hour, a player down after Reinildo saw Red, resolutely defended himself while offering more threat of lens than the out of spell villa, before a matty cash flash saw Villa to come.
The sparkling strike deceived goalkeeper Robin Roefs, while Villa found the net for the first time in 427 minutes of football in the Premier League. But while the breakthrough will offer a little comfort to Unai Emery, the result will not.
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Matty Cash Thunders in the first goal of Aston Villa in the Premier League of the season
Villa was torn off eight minutes after taking the lead when Granit Xhaka planted a smart head towards the race of Wilson Isidor, which pushed beyond Emi Martinez.
Isidor has scored in each three home games in Sunderland so far – the threat of goal Emery can only dream that his team continues to fight for a creative spark. The manager of the villa, clearly irritated, disappeared in the tunnel before the final whistle sounded.
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The efforts of Sunderland have rewarded while Wilson Isidor rolls from the house equalizer.
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2025-09-21 15:00:00
