Match
Aston Villa held to 1-1 draw by Fulham at Villa Park
Unai Emery's side could not secure a third consecutive Premier League win as Fulham fought back to earn a point.
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Aston Villa were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham at Villa Park in a Premier League fixture that proved more testing than Emery's side might have anticipated.
Fulham, managed by Álvaro Arbeloa, recovered from going behind to equalise and deny Villa what would have been a third straight league victory. According to Mundo Deportivo, a Suzuki goal had given the visitors a route back into the match.
The result comes at an awkward moment for Villa, who had beaten Manchester City 2-1 the previous week but suffered a 3-0 League Cup defeat at Bournemouth in midweek with a heavily rotated squad.
Villa now travel to Barcelona for their fourth Champions League group-stage fixture, with Emery acknowledging, according to Sky Sports, that there is work still to do before that match and a subsequent meeting with Manchester United.
Sources
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- Daily Mail — Aston Villa found Fulham harder opponents than Jamie Carragher as the London side fought back to earn a 1-1 draw, writes TOM COLLOMOSSE
- Mundo Deportivo — 1-1: Suzuki regala la victoria de un vulnerable Aston Villa antes de ir a Barcelona
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