Alan Shearer

Rodgers was excellent.

Ollie Watkins was everything Newcastle didn't have in terms of his running in behind and constant at the Newcastle defence.

He got his goal in with a couple of minutes to go.

So...

Yeah, I thought, I was really impressed again with Aston Villa and he's doing a brilliant job, Unai Emery.

He's a fantastic coach and his team deserve to take the three points at Newcastle today.

Yeah, it was one, Martinez had one really good save just before half-time, I think.

Yeah.

I think it was from Lewis Miley.

Lewis Miley.

What a save that was.

But yeah, Newcastle didn't have Bruno Guimaraes.

And I think there's a stat going around.

I think he's missed six or eight games, whatever it was.

But Newcastle haven't won without him in the team.

So that tells you how important he is.

Villa had the spark, Villa had the piece of quality from Buendia to get the goal.

They had the constant energy from Watkins and Newcastle didn't have the quality in the final third to upset them.

And that's a huge concern because the forwards have been nowhere near good enough for Newcastle this season.

Yeah, they haven't got that... They're missing that piece of...