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Ahmed Elmohamady nets in Aston Villa’s victory at Hull City

The 30-year-old midfielder struck against his former club as the Villans kickstart their season securing the maximum points

Ahmed Elmohamady found the back of the net in Aston Villa’s 3-1 defeat of Hull City in their 2018-19 English Championship opener at the KCOM Stadium on Monday.

Jed Steer’s failure to punch clear a free-kick saw Evandro Goebel open the scoring for the hosts in the seventh minute.

But in the 14th minutes, the hosts’ poor defending gave room for Tommy Elphick, making his first start for his team since January 1, to head in the equaliser unchallenged from a corner kick.