By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Aston Villa beat Fulham 1-0 at the Villa Park on Saturday to boost their chances of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, Prompt News reports.
Belgium international Youri Tielemans powered home the winning goal after 12 minutes.
Ollie Watkins and Donyell Martin missed were close to scoring the second goal for Unai Emery’s side but one goal proved enough.
Fulham paraded Nigerian duo, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey in the game.
Villa remained in seventh place with three games left but they are now level on 60 points with Chelsea and Nottingham Forest both of whom have an extra game to play.
Defeat was a big blow to eighth-placed Fulham’s own European hopes. They have 51 points from 35 games but could drop lower depending on other results this weekend.
