00:00Aston Villa missed their first chance to strengthen their push for UEFA Champions League qualification and pretty much secure it
00:10after a 1-0 narrow defeat to Fulham in West London.
00:16Arriving with the opportunity to climb as high as third in the table, Villa instead produced a performance that lacked
00:24any real cutting edge in key moments.
00:27They threatened early on with Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rodgers both having early attempts in the game narrowly off target
00:37but clear chances remained limited from the Midlands team.
00:42After the break, Villa controlled possession in the game but struggled to turn that dominance into anything meaningful.
00:50Their best opening came late on when Tammy Abraham missed a significant chance in the closing stages of the match,
00:59summing up a frustrating afternoon for the Villains in front of goal.
01:04Fulham, who had failed to score in their previous two league matches, made their momentum count and move down the
01:13right-hand side, allowed Timothy Castagna to deliver with Raul Jimenez' header saved.
01:19Before Ryan Sessegnon was on hand, he reacted the quickest to convert the rebound into an empty net past Emiliano
01:29Martinez.
01:29Fulham, who knows, it's a tight game. Are you a frustrated manager this evening or no?
01:36Good afternoon. We expected this match. We expected this match because we expected them and we knew before the match
01:47we needed defence like we did.
01:49Being compact and disciplined tactically as a team and individual as well like we did it.
01:54But even like that, we could consider one goal like we considered.
01:58And then, when we were with our momentum, dominating, breaking their high players, getting their box, we had chances in
02:08corner, we had chances in their box.
02:10Four very good chances, two walking, one Tammy and one Morgan and some crosses.
02:16I think normally with those circumstances, we could expect before the match, we were being positive to achieve something.
02:27But we must be clinical when we are creating chances like today.
02:33I was frustrated a little bit because used in Nottingham two weeks ago, we had the same chances like today,
02:41Watkins today again, and Tammy Abram.
02:44And this is something we must continue improving and practicing to be clinical when we are creating and building in
02:53attacking third one action like that.
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