Watch Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa highlights after Unai Emery’s side endured a disastrous opening afternoon of the Premier League season. Villa conceded four times inside 31 minutes before João Gomes was sent off as Brighton cruised to victory at the Amex Stadium.
Sky Sports have made free highlights from Brighton’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa available to watch.
Villa had actually started brightly, with Emi Buendía threatening early, before the game unravelled rapidly.
Watch Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa highlights
Victor Lindelöf’s own goal opened the scoring after eight minutes following a mistake from Pau Torres.
Maxim De Cuyper then doubled Brighton’s advantage in the 18th minute before Jack Hinshelwood scored twice in quick succession, with his goals arriving in the 30th and 31st minutes.
Villa were therefore 4-0 down after only 31 minutes.
Things became even worse shortly before half-time when Gomes kicked out at Georginio Rutter.
A VAR review resulted in the summer signing being shown a red card in the 40th minute on his Premier League debut.
Sky Sports’ full match report confirms Villa became only the second side in Premier League history to concede four goals, score an own goal and receive a red card during the first half of the same match.
Emery’s 10 men at least prevented Brighton from adding to their advantage after the break.
Read Aston Villa’s match report from the 4-0 defeat examines the opening-day collapse, while Gomes’ dismissal earned him a 1/10 in our Aston Villa player ratings.
Villa must now respond when they return to Villa Park for their first home game of the season.
