Unai Emery faces welcome selection headache after strikers impress in Villa win

Unai Emery admits he has a “challenge” on his hands to make the most of strikers Jhon Duran and Ollie Watkins after both scored in Aston Villa’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Everton.Watkins struck his first two goals of the Premier League season either side of the break to cancel out Everton’s two-goal lead, given to them by Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.Dura

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Ollie Watkins’ brace and Jhon Duran’s stunner snatches Villa win against Everton

Everton let slip a two-goal lead for a second successive week as Ollie Watkins’ brace and a stunning strike from Jhon Duran helped Aston Villa come from behind to earn a 3-2 win.The Toffees were looking to bounce back from their late collapse to Bournemouth and were two goals in front for the second week running courtesy of efforts from Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.Villa were star

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Dagenham & Redbridge put seven past Gateshead to end their unbeaten start

Gateshead’s unbeaten start to the National League season came to a shuddering halt as the overnight leaders were thrashed 7-1 at Dagenham & Redbridge.Dagenham put Gateshead to the sword with two goals each for on-loan Luton midfielder Dion Pereira, Junior Morais and Josh Rees, while Josh Umerah was also on target.An own goal from Paul Kalambayi was Gateshead’s only reply before the

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Stockport boss Dave Challinor unhappy with Crawley penalty award

Stockport boss Dave Challinor was unhappy with the decision to award Crawley the penalty which denied his side victory as the visitors were held to a 1-1 draw.In-form midfielder Louie Barry put County on course for a fourth win in five league games with a cool finish after only six minutes.But Crawley were awarded a 68th-minute penalty when Kyle Wootton was adjudged to have fouled Armando Quitirna

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Wayne Rooney salutes ‘big win’ as Plymouth stun Sunderland in stoppage time

Wayne Rooney expressed his delight after claiming his first Championship win as Plymouth boss following a dramatic 3-2 home victory over previously-unbeaten leaders Sunderland.Skipper Joe Edwards scored a stoppage-time winner after Romaine Mundle had cancelled out Ryan Hardie’s second-half penalty which put Plymouth 2-1 up.Patrick Roberts’ first-half spot-kick had given Sunderland a ha

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New boss Steve Bruce overcomes nerves as Blackpool edge Exeter victory

Steve Bruce admitted to experiencing a few nerves ahead of his first game back in football management, when he oversaw Blackpool’s 2-1 League One win at home to Exeter.The Seasiders looked to have dropped two points when Ed Francis cancelled out CJ Hamilton’s first-half goal after 88 minutes.But Blackpool captain James Husband bundled in a stoppage-time winner to give Blackpool their f

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Norwich boss Johannes Hoff Thorup rues first-half display in Swansea loss

Norwich head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup rued his side’s first-half display as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Swansea.Amankwah Forson’s fourth-minute own goal decided the contest at the Swansea.com Stadium to leave Norwich 15th in the Championship with one win from five games under new Danish boss Thorup.Forson, one of four summer signings named in the Canaries line-up, was caught flat

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Karl Robinson pleased to see Salford come back to beat Cheltenham

Karl Robinson was delighted to see Salford come back from behind to beat Cheltenham 2-1 thanks to Hakeeb Adelakun’s second-half brace.But the boss admitted his team will need to show a vast improvement if they are to continue their improving results in League Two.The Robins had taken the lead through Ethon Archer three minutes after half-time but Adelakun played a starring role for the Ammie

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Oliver Glasner says Palace working hard to progress up to ‘excellent’ football

Palace boss Oliver Glasner admitted his new-look side are still working their way up to “excellent” football after salvaging a 2-2 draw with Leicester.Deadline-day signings Eddie Nketiah and Maxence Lacroix both made their Eagles debuts at Selhurst Park, where Jamie Vardy opened the scoring for the visitors in the 21st minute.The Foxes were leading 2-0 thanks to Stephy Mavididi’s

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Stuart Maynard lauds two-goal Jodi Jones as Notts County recover to beat Bromley

Manager Stuart Maynard was full of praise for Jodi Jones after Notts County produced a stunning turnaround to come back from two goals down to beat Bromley 4-2 and move top of League Two.Having fallen two goals behind as early as the sixth minute through strikes from Michael Cheek and Ben Thompson, the Magpies scored four without reply to seal the three points.Jones halved the deficit in the first

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