Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa admitted that Jhon Duran’s red card was too big a hurdle to overcome as Newcastle United ran out 3-0 winners at St James’ Park on Boxing Day.
Anthony Gordon opened the scoring just a minute after the game kicked off with a superb strike for his fourth Premier League goal of the season thus far.
The visitor’s task was made all the greater when Duran was sent off after half an hour, although it took until the 59th minute for the Magpies to take advantage of the extra man.
Alexander Isak became the sixth Newcastle player to score in five or more consecutive Premier League appearances when he found the target, before Joelinton grabbed an insurance goal in stoppage time.
