Sessegnon sinks lacklustre Aston Villa to keep Fulham’s European hopes alive

Perhaps his players did not hear Unai Emery when the Aston Villa manager said the “Premier League is the priority”, despite a looming Europa League semi-final. Or maybe they did not agree with the manager’s preference for domestic matters.

Either way, their lacklustre display here was not what Villa fans anticipated after Emery’s public attempts to inspire his troops to push for third place in the table.