Aston Villa moved out of the relegation zone by drawing against a West Ham side

Posted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on September 17th, 2019

Masuaku was dismissed with 23 minutes left after picking up two bookings.

Before that, the game's major talking point saw Anwar El Ghazi clash heads with Villa team-mate Tyrone Mings, although no action was taken.

Villa's John McGinn had plenty of the game's better chances, forcing Lukasz Fabianski into two saves.

Both sides had frantic attacks late on, with penalty shouts at both ends, but neither could find the decisive touch.

There were plenty of big hits and tackles, more so than major goalscoring opportunities.

The major incident in the first half involved two Villa players - Mings was furious with El Ghazi's lack of defensive help and started shouting in his face.

At that moment, Netherlands winger El Ghazi nudged his head into Mings' face. He could have been sent off, but referee Mike Dean and the video assistant referee decided the contact was not sufficient to produce a red card.

Elsewhere, the physios were busy, as Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski flattened El Ghazi as he punched a cross clear, and McGinn hurt himself after tackling Sebastien Haller when Angelo Ogbonna accidentally stood on him.

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