Brighton’s Jack Hinshelwood scored twice in a matter of seconds as Albion raced into a 4-0 lead by the 31st minute, before João Gomes was sent off before half-time for violent conduct to make it a disastrous start to the season for Aston Villa.Unai Emery, who has had Morgan Rogers, Ezri Konsa and Youri Tielemans sold this summer, saw his team go a goal down in the eighth minute when Victor Lindelöf was powerless to prevent an own goal after Maxim De Cuyper’s shot from a tight angle bounced on to him after hitting the woodwork. Pau Torres had given the ball away.De Cuyper then did score from Georginio Rutter’s cross, before Hinshelwood scored his first with the assist by Diego Gómez. Shortly afterwards it was 4-0 when Gomes was caught in possession on the edge of the penalty area.A bad day for Gomes, who had been booked and then looked lucky to avoid a second yellow, ended when he was sent off for kicking out.The only saving grace for Villa was that the scoring was over.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotion
David Hytner’s report from the Amex Stadium to follow shortly
