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Villa keep pressure on top two thanks to Rogers double. Video, 00:07:09Villa keep pressure on top two thanks to Rogers double
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Morgan Rogers scored two second-half goals as Aston Villa twice came from behind to beat West Ham and extend their winning run in all competitions to nine matches.
The England midfielder, who had made it 2-2 five minutes in the second half, hammered an unstoppable shot into the top corner with 11 minutes left to put the visitors ahead for the first time in a topsy-turvy encounter.
Struggling West Ham,
Chelsea striker Liam Delap and Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly are among six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
Bournemouth full-back Milos Kerkez, former Cherries defender Dean Huijsen, Arsenal winger Ethan Nwaneri and Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers make up the shortlist.
Delap, who joined Chelsea from Ipswich in a £30m deal earlier this month, scored 12 goals in the Premier League last season as the Tractor
Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): He’s become undroppable for Villa, excellent. He had a year last year where you thought maybe they needed to move on and get someone better, but this year he’s gone from strength to strength and has become a key component. Him and Boubacar Kamara, who was rested at the weekend, have built a massive presence of quality, tough tackling and reliability that Villa have built a
Rogers doubled Villa’s lead with a smart low finish, having given the City defence the slip in the first half before speeding clear and unselfishly feeding Jhon Duran to open the scoring.
This was the first-ever Premier League game in which Rogers has both scored and assisted. It was his fourth strike of the season, and his eighth in 28 league matches for Villa.
Those are not prolific numbers, but
Speaking after that game, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp said Rogers was “the outstanding midfield player by a long way” and compared his powerful running to that of a New Zealand rugby union legend.
“Not many players of his size possess that amount of skill, pace and power and it’s so difficult to stop,” said ex-Liverpool and England midfielder Redknapp.
“He was unplayable. Sometimes when he picked the ball up
