Danny Ings scored twice at the Amex Stadium to secure Aston Villa’s first Premier League away victory of the season, and their first win after falling behind for almost a year. Brighton & Hove Albion, meanwhile, ended a three-game winning run and missed the chance to notch what would have been just a second head-to-head triumph since 1980. Villa’s eventful defeat to Manchester United on Thursday took an age to get going, but such patience wasn’t needed on the south coast. Less than 50 seconds were on the clock when Emiliano Martínez’s pass invited pressure onto Douglas Luiz, allowing Alexis Mac Allister to pick his pocket and find the net with a composed finish.A nightmare start didn’t deter the visitors, however, and Martínez almost made amends with a raking 70-yard ball that would have sent Ings through on goal, only for the attack to be stifled by Levi Colwill’s heroic block.Eventually, Villa found their feet and made their mark after a slick move saw John McGinn brought down in the box. Seagulls stopper Robert Sánchez got a hand to Ings’ mediocre penalty, but that wasn’t enough to stop Unai Emery’s side from notching their first away goal in over a month.A tale of revenge unfolded shortly after the break. In a complete mirror of Brighton’s opener, Luiz stole the ball from Mac Allister to kick-start a potent Villa attack that saw Ings’ deflected strike trickle past Sánchez, moments after Emiliano Buendía’s header struck the woodwork. The hosts turned the screw but failed to manufacture anything clear-cut until the 88th minute, when Colwill agonisingly spooned a point-blank header off target.Three points catapult Villa up to 12th in the Premier League table, which comes as an invaluable boost for Emery, given that Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur await immediately after the FIFA World Cup break. As for the high-flying Seagulls, dropped points don’t detract from Roberto De Zerbi’s excellent start in the dugout as they remain above Chelsea in seventh.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 16SaturdayMan.City – Brentford 1-2 (1-1)/Foden 45 – Toney 16, 95/Manchester City – Brentford 1-2 (1-1)/Foden 45 – Toney 16, 90+5/Bournemouth – Everton 3-0 (2-0)/Tavernier 18, Moore 24, Anthony 69/Liverpool – Southampton 3-1 (3-1)/Firmino 6, Nunez 21, 42 – Adams 9/Nottingham Forest – Crystal Palace 1-0 (0-0)/Gibbs-White 54/Tottenham – Leeds 4-3 (1-2)/Kane 25, Davies 51, Bentancur 81, 83 – Summerville 10, Rodrigo 43, 76/West Ham – Leicester 0-2 (0-1)/Maddison 8, Barnes 78/Newcastle – Chelsea 1-0 (0-0)/Willock 67/Wolverhampton – Arsenal 0-2 (0-0)/Odegaard 55, 75/SundayBrighton – Aston Villa 1-2 (1-1)/Mac Allister 1 – Ings 20 pen, 54/19:30: (4.10) Fulham (3.50) Man.Utd. (1.92)***odds are subject to change***©FlashScore
