Premier League clubs, players, managers and fans came together to give their respects to Her Majesty The Queen, with a minute’s silence and a rendition of the National Anthem taking place before kick-off at The City Ground and Villa Park.
Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi scored the first goal of the evening but Fulham netted three times in six second-half minutes, through Tosin Adarabioyo, Joao Palhinha and Harrison Reed.
FULL-TIME Nott’m Forest 2-3 Fulham
Three quick-fire goals from the visitors give Marco Silva’s men all three points and takes them into sixth place#NFOFUL pic.twitter.com/S4FWnpEPOD
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 16, 2022
Lewis O’Brien set up a thrilling finale but Forest could not find an equaliser as they fell to a fourth straight loss and remain second from bottom.
Villa hold on to beat Saints
In the other fixture Aston Villa claimed their second victory of the season thanks to Jacob Ramsey’s smart finish against Southampton.
The goal that secured all three points, courtesy of @JacobRamsey28. 😍 pic.twitter.com/9TTZvn9WN9
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) September 16, 2022
The midfielder reacted first to prod into the net after Gavin Bazunu could only parry Ollie Watkins’ header.
It moves Steven Gerrard’s side up to 13th, level on points but a place below Saints.
✅ Three points.
✅ Clean sheet.UP THE VILLA! 🙌#AVLSOU pic.twitter.com/1Iw6BJf62C
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) September 16, 2022
Aston Villa coach Steven Gerrard said ,“I’m very confident that we’ll have enough quality in the squad to play prettier stuff, but we must always have the character and be able to stick together.”
Steven Gerrard: “I’m very confident that we’ll have enough quality in the squad to play prettier stuff, but we must always have the character and be able to stick together.” 👊 pic.twitter.com/e6tBr2tg1Y
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) September 16, 2022
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