Aston Villa bounced back from last weekend’s defeat to Liverpool with their best performance of the season on Sunday, as Unai Emery’s side thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 at Villa Park.

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Emi Buendia raised and dropped a fantastic free kick under the crossbar in the 28th minute and Andre Onana smashed the ball into the bottom corner from well outside the box in the 40th, just about playing Bournemouth off the park in the first half. Villa’s other Emiliano, Martinez, was the hero at the other end when he denied Antoine Semenyo from the penalty spot in the 67th.

Villa’s tails were up and Bournemouth heads were down after that, and the hosts added two more through a pair of substitutes, Ross Barkley in the 77th and Donyell Malen in the 82nd. M

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