Ollie Watkins puts seal on Villa’s win over West Ham after England omission

While Ollie Watkins gave the most articulate response to his omission from the England squad with the goal that clinched this confirmation of Aston Villa’s place in the top four, ending their three-game losing sequence in the Premier League, the most rousing noise around Villa Park arrived when Youri Tielemans replaced John McGinn a minute earlier. The whole of the ground took to their feet and cheered the Belgian’s name more loudly than anyone else’s as he made his return after two months out with an ankle injury.On a day when McGinn, Villa’s inspirational captain, followed up his opening goal...