Martinez's save flips the script as Villa sweep aside Bournemouth 4-0
Aston Villa delivered their biggest Premier League win of the season, dismantling Bournemouth 4-0 at Villa Park in a performance defined by Emiliano Buendia’s exquisite free-kick and Emiliano Martinez’s show-stopping saves. Buendia bent Villa in front from just outside the area, before Amadou Onana doubled the lead. Although Bournemouth surged after the break, Martinez denied them with a superb stop from Alex Scott and a game-changing penalty save from Antoine Semenyo.
From there, Villa finished with a flourish. Ross Barkley glanced in from a Lucas Digne corner, and fellow substitute Donyell Malen diverted Youri Tielemans’s drive, wrong-footing Djordje Petrovic. The victory lifts Villa above Bournemouth and continues a run of five wins in six league matches, restoring Villa Park’s aura on an afternoon when the hosts found the cutting edge that had eluded them early in the campaign.
A brushstroke from Buendía, a dagger from Onana.