A late strike from Mads Roerslev condemned Steven Gerrard to defeat on his return to the touchline at Brentford.
A late strike from Mads Roerslev condemned Steven Gerrard to defeat on his return to the touchline at Brentford. G errard was back in the Aston Villa dug-out following a Covid lay-off as his side attempted to bounce back from the Boxing Day defeat at Chelsea. They led through an early Danny Ings strike, but Yoane Wissa hit a spectacular equaliser for the Bees before Danish defender Roerslev proved the unlikely hero with his first professional goal to seal a 2-1 victory. The visitors were without their former Brentford frontman Ollie Watkins but Ings made light of his strike partner’s absence when he opened the scoring after 15 minutes. Emi Buendia spun away from Christian Norgaard in the middle of the pitch and slipped a perfect ball through to Ings.
