Steve Bruce’s unbeaten start to his managerial stint at Aston Villa was extended to eight games as his side beat Neil Warnock’s Cardiff City 3-1 at Villa Park.
Albert Adomah got the scoring underway for Villa in the 24th minute with his first goal for the club after he got on the end of Jordan Amavi’s cross.
Cardiff equalised soon after thanks to a calm finish from veteran Rickie Lambert but Jonathan Kodjia’s header roughly ten minutes later gave Villa a deserved half time lead.
The visitors were the better side after the break and pushed for a equaliser but a mixture of resolute defending and poor shooting meant that Villa managed to keep them at bay.
Villa made sure of all three points late on when Rudy Gestede scored from the penalty spot after Jack Grealish was fouled in the box.
Here are our Villa player ratings from the game:
