By james art 
Birmingham, England – Aston Villa missed a chance to close in the top of the Premier League on Sunday in a 1-1 draw at West Ham United, whose Brazil left Beck, Emerson saved a point after Jacob Ramsay Dreams.
A villa, which wants to win a second year in the Champions League, opened the result when Ramsay played a clean one or two with Ollie Watkins in the eighth minute before making a corner shot past West Ham Alfonso Areola goalkeeper.
Villa had to score again, with Youri Tielemans just shooting wide and Watkins missed his head. But visitors grew into the game and deservedly equalized when Emerson went home, the cross of Edson Alvarez in the 70th minute.
The Londoners were the better country in the second half, with Carlos Soller saw that the shot cleared from the line from the Ezri Emery and Danny Ings, who were driving exactly wide. In a frantic near their manager Graham Potter, he jumped for joy when the Lucas pack was squeezing the ball at home in added time – but he was run in Offside.
The result left an eighth place for 37 points after 23 games – four points behind the fourth position, which will give them another place in the elite competition in Europe. West Ham is 13th to 27 points, a comfortable 11 points above the falling area.
Villa manager Unai Emery will be disappointed that his team did not bury the game early after they seemed to blow up West Ham for the first 10 minutes, with a goal banned shortly after Ramsay was opened.
But in fact, they were hanging out at the end, with Potter’s country looking more harder in the winner of a cold and troubled day in a tumultuous atmosphere at Villa Park in Birmingham.
“I think the result is fair,” Emery said.
“We won 1-0, we started very well, then they (West Ham) felt better and better,” he said. “To keep the result of 90 minutes, without one purpose more, it’s always difficult. They created not very clear chances, maybe one or two.”
Watkins’ feat
In a match littered with fouls and ignition between players, both sides had 14 shots, including four at the goal, although visitors had a 56%property.
“In the first 10-15 minutes, we suffered a little, but after we started playing with confidence,” said West Ham Emerson’s goalkeeper. “In the second half we showed our character, we fought to the end, and we deserved to win because we created a lot.”
Watkins’ omission for Ramsay was his 100th Premier League goal: 69 goals and 31 assists. The goal attracted the ecstatic chanting of “He is one of ours” for the product of Academy Ramsey.
It is worrying about a villa that faced Celtic in a decisive Champions League match on Wednesday, the injury defender Tyrone Mings had to go down, go down his hands after he got off and squeezed his knee after a challenge from Mohammed Kud.
Emery said early signs show that Mings injury would not take it long, but additional tests would be performed on Monday.
Potter at West Ham, who saw his country earning a credible four points from his first three games in the League, said he was pleased with the return of his team.
“We fought at the beginning, but we did pretty well,” he said. “We are really happy. A really positive performance. Probably a little disappointed that it only gets away with a point.” Reuters
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