Aston Villa vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Danny Ings scored twice in the opening 14 minutes as Aston Villa bounced back from the sacking of manager Steven Gerrard with a dominant 4-0 Premier League win over Brentford at a jubilant Villa Park on Sunday.

Villa, who fired Gerrard after Thursday’s 3-0 loss to Fulham left them 17th in the table, took the lead just over a minute into the game when Leon Bailey hammered home a first-time shot from a well-worked corner.

Bailey turned provider a few minutes later, sliding the ball into the path of the unmarked Ings for him to rifle it into the net, much to the delight of caretaker boss Aaron Danks.

Things went form bad to worse for the visitors when Norwegian defender Kristoffer Ajer pulled on the shirt of Tyrone Mings to concede a penalty in the 12th minute, and Ings slammed the spot kick straight down the middle to make it 3-0.

Ollie Watkins got the fourth in the 59th minute but it took him three efforts to do so as David Raya saved the first and the second hit the post before he buried the ball in the back of the net via the foot of Ethan Pinnock to complete the rout.

Villa’s third win in 12 league games lifts them to 14th spot in the table on 12 points, while Brentford, who held Chelsea to a scoreless draw in midweek, are 10th on 14 points.

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Aston Villa vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League updates

• Aston Villa: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Cash, Buendia, Douglas Luiz, Dendoncker, Bailey, Ings, Watkins
• Brentford: Raya, Ajer, Jorgensen, Pinnock, Roerslev, Onyeka, Janelt, Jensen, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney
• GOAL! Bailey sweeps Villa into the lead after just two minutes (1-0)
• GOAL! Ings doubles the lead to give Villa dream start (2-0)
• GOAL! Ings coverts from spot as Villa run riot inside 15 minutes (3-0)
• GOAL! Watkins makes it four in the second half (4-0)

Aston Villa vs Brentford

BRENTFORD (3-5-2): David Raya Martin; Kristoffer Ajer, Zanka, Ethan Pinnock; Mads Roerslev Rasmussen; Frank Onyeka, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry; Bryan Mbuemo, Ivan Toney (c).

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SUBS: Jan Bednarek, Marvelous Nakamba, Philippe Coutinho, Jacob Ramsey, Cameron Archer, Calum Chambers, Robin Olsen, Morgan Sanson, John McGinn.

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ASTON VILLA (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez (c); Matthew Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Young; Emiliano Buendia, Douglas Luiz, Leander Dendoncker; Leon Bailey, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins.

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Aston Villa vs Brentford

Brentford picked up a creditable 0-0 draw at home to Chelsea last time out, securing consecutive clean sheets for the first time since their promotion to the top flight. While the Bees are yet to win on the road in the Premier League this term, they'll be confident of giving Villa another nasty sting before the hosts' fortunes improve.

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Villa's 3-0 thumping away to Fulham midweek saw Steven Gerrard become the Premier League's latest managerial casualty. The Villans enter this game under caretaker management and just above the relegation zone. They need to improve quickly at home, having won just two of their last eight Premier League games here at Villa Park.

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