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Aston Villa beat Southampton 1-0 at St Mary’s Stadium in round 21 of the English Premier League.
Rose Barclay scored the only goal of the game in the 41st minute, with a pass from Jack Grillish, who scored his ninth goal of the season in the competition.
To raise Aston Villa’s score to 32 points and jump to eighth place despite just 19 games.
Aston Villa led the ninth Arsenal by 31 points, and Chelsea, the 10th, by 30 points.
Southampton held on to 29 points in 11th place after taking a heavy blow by defeating a direct competitor.
Aston Villa won their first Premier League victory at Southampton since December 2013, when they won 3-2.
Aston Villa also won for the first time in the league since their victory over West Bromwich Albion on December 20, before moving four times without knowing the taste of victory.
The match ensured that the Egyptian duo: Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet and Ahmed Al-Mohammadi remained on the bench throughout the match.
Aston Villa coach Dean Smith used just one last minute substitution by inserting Marvelous Nakamba in place of Barclay, who scored the only goal.
The fifth minute of injury time saw some excitement as video technology reviewed a missed goal for Danny Achieve, the Saints forward, but confirmed he was in an offside position.
