Post-match reaction as Aston Villa leapfrog Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League with a remarkable 6-1 win at Villa Park.
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00:00 Aston Villa 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1. What an incredible result that is for Unai Emery's team.
00:07 A stunning victory over Brighton & Hove Albion who were hapless this afternoon.
00:12 Villa were buoyant, they looked awful midweek against Everton but the best possible response here.
00:17 From start to finish they pressed high, they were aggressive, they looked like they wanted it a lot more
00:23 and Brighton, the amount of mistakes that they made at the back today, they just couldn't cope with the likes of Oli Watkins,
00:28 Moussa Diaby stepping up high, Watkins & Diaby linked up so well.
00:32 Watkins scoring a very well-earned hat-trick this afternoon, got two assists as well if you include the rebound
00:37 for Douglas Suiza's goal in added time. Oustou Pignan as well, an own goal for him.
00:43 Oli Watkins coming in, Moussa Diaby involved in that one.
00:46 I've kind of lost count of the amount of chances Aston Villa had.
00:49 Incredibly the expected goals statistic today is only 0.1 between the two teams.
00:54 I'm not quite sure how that's the case, I think it just shows that Brighton's defence were pretty on holiday for much of this one.
01:00 But Villa, incredible, very clinical indeed and that now actually puts them above Brighton.
01:06 You wouldn't have thought that would be possible before today after there was a 10 goal difference gap between the two teams.
01:12 But Unai Emery's team have done it, they're up to third in the Premier League now and after that defeat to Newcastle on the opening day
01:18 you wouldn't have seen that coming at all.
01:20 But they've done brilliantly to respond, it's just now whether they can do it in all of the competitions.
01:25 All the fatigue setting in mid-week, no sign of that today but we'll see mid-week in Europe whether that continues over.