Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1: Emerson’s equaliser sends Hammers home happy… but Potter’s side unlucky to miss out on win
Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1: Emerson’s equaliser sends Hammers home happy… but Potter’s side unlucky to miss out on win
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Sponsored by. ASTON VILLA'S Champions League curse continued as they remained winless in their last SIX games on their return from European action. Emerson's headed equaliser cancelled out Jacob Ramsey's first half opener to make it three home draws and three away defeats on the back of their Euro exploits.
![[Emerson Palmieri of West Ham United celebrates scoring a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/west-ham-uniteds-emerson-palmieri-966892981.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But it could have been so much worse if Tomas Soucek hadn't strayed offside to deny the Hammers a stoppage time winner. In the end a draw was a fair result as Villa dominated the first half, only to suffer an injury blow to Tyrone Mings, which left them having to play Lucas Digne as a makeshift centre half.
![[Aston Villa players Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jacob-ramsey-aston-villa-celebrates-966877448.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Happily Mings later returned to the bench with a smile on his face. But it wasn't as big as Graham Potter's after his Hammers earned a valuable away point. Villa were without the inspirational presence of their manager Unai Emery for this one. The Spaniard was sentenced to sit on the naughty step in the stand after collecting his third booking of the season against Arsenal last weekend.
![[Aston Villa vs West Ham match stats infographic.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-sun-22-23-match-stats-bba9b020-4a79-4785-ab24-9ff9776c5f1d.png?strip=all&w=960)
But the first observations he had to scribble into his notebook were positive ones as his side stormed into an early lead. Emery only made one change to the side which lost in Monaco on Tuesday- but it turned out to be an inspired one as Jacob Ramsey replaced Emi Buendia.
![[Jacob Ramsey of Aston Villa scores a goal while a West Ham United player defends.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jacob-ramsey-aston-villa-scores-966876127.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
