Graham Potter must have felt like the unluckiest man in the Midlands as he watched nearly two years’ work go up in smoke in five minutes.
Out of the game since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023, Potter has been planning his return ever since and Lucas Paqueta’s first-half strike looked like giving Potter a debut win as West Ham boss.
Then everything changed. From a corner that should probably not have been given, Amadou Onana equalised for Villa and Morgan Rogers scored the winner soon afterwards. Dire in the first half, Villa could celebrate their 150th anniversary with victory.