Watkins back among the goals
Ollie Watkins ended his five-game goal drought.
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For all the talk of him potentially replacing Harry Kane as England's first-choice striker, Ollie Watkins has not had a great time of it recently.
That ended today though, as the 28-year-old scored Aston Villa's first equaliser of the afternoon in their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace, making sure his goalless run didn't exceed five games.
Watkins showed great composure to round Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson after perfectly timing his run onto John McGinn's pass.
He's now scored six goals in 12 league games this term, the same return he had at this time last season before going on to score a career-best 19.
Goal aside, Watkins worked extremely hard off the ball to keep Palace under pressure, and perhaps could have scored a second.
Unai Emery still has issues to solve at Villa Park, but Watkins isn't one of them.
