Aston Villa keeps Champions League bid alive by beating Fulham 1-0

Aston Villa has increased the chances of the Champions League qualification with a 3-1 win against Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday.

The first half of your tileman’s title disposes the game in Villa Park and removes the seventh place Villa level at the fifth and the Nottingham Forest with Chelsea.

The top five teams in the department will qualify for the Champions League next season, only four points are third place Manchester City and Villa.

Tylemans sailed strongly from the corner of the twelfth minute, but Villa could not extend her leadership.

Oli Watkins denied Fulham’s goalkeeper Bernd Leno in the second half and hit the bar during the alternative Donel Malen stop.

However, the win was enough to keep in touch with the Champions League rival Chelsea and Forest, playing another game.

Villa was the Champions League quarter -finalist this year after 41 years of absence from Europe’s top club competition.

It was the first of the four premier league games on Saturday.

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