"When he scored, it was like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. "When you are a striker and you are not scoring, of course you think about it and it does weigh heavily. You don't want to read things,

Ollie Watkins must start to deliver and stop looking so comfortable after going five Premier League games without a goal this season. That’s according to former Watford striker Troy Deeney,

Ollie Watkins fluffed a golden opportunity to end his Aston Villa goal drought he saw his dismal penalty saved in their Europa League clash with Bologna on Thursday evening. Substitute Watkins was played in behind before being chopped down by defender Martin Vitik to win the spot-kick, narrowly holding his run to avoid VAR intervention.

Ollie Watkins changed his usual confident run-up just before missing an important penalty in Aston Villa’s Europa League win over Bologna this week, Troy Deeney believes. Villa got their Europa League campaign off to a winning start thanks to John McGinn’s early strike at Villa Park on Thursday.

Ian Wright left Gary Neville stunned with his brutal assessment of Ollie Watkins after Unai Emery also delivered a surprise verdict on the Aston Villa striker. The 29 year old has endured a faltering start to the 2025/26 campaign with Villa managing just three goals from their opening seven matches across all competitions.