Steve Bruce mocked by Aston Villa fans on return to Villa Park as Newcastle United lose to Villans for the first time since April 2011

Aston Villa made it a depressing return to the Midlands for Steve Bruce as they comfortably beat his Newcastle United facet 2-Zero on Monday evening.

Bruce, who was sacked by the Villans 14 months in the past, continues to be but to win the Magpies’ supporters over after succeeding Rafael Benitez in the summertime.

And if his facet proceed to carry out as they did at Villa Park on Monday evening, the previous Sunderland boss will proceed to see his recognition tumble on the Toon.

For Villa, the three factors conveniently coincided with captain Jack Grealish’s return to the facet and strikes them above West Ham United and Everton within the Premier League desk.

With video games towards Manchester United and Chelsea to observe, boss Dean Smith shall be all too conscious of how essential these factors are to their season.

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton was additionally again between the posts after lacking the 2-1 defeat at Wolves final day trip along with his personal calf drawback.

Defender Matt Targett, substituted simply after half-time at Molineux with concussion, bolstered the defence for the go to of former Villa boss Steve Bruce’s facet.

Within the 20th minute, simply as he ready to take a throw-in for Villa down the left wing reverse Newcastle’s 18-yard field, Targett vomited on the pitch.

Following his launch of the ball, the left winger then threw up violently on the touchline, falling to his knees in doing so.

After remedy and a drink of water, the summer season signing from Southampton was capable of proceed. Within the 32nd minute Villa fantastically took the lead with a free-kick particular from Conor Hourihane.

After Grealish had been shoved within the again by DeAndre Yedlin a yard outdoors the world, it left the Republic of Eire worldwide in good vary to strike.

Hourihane initially touched the ball for Grealish to cease a yard away, permitting the midfielder to curve the ball across the wall and past poorly-positioned goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.

4 minutes later Villa doubled the lead, once more after Grealish had drawn a foul, this time to the left of the penalty space from Federico Fernandez, though it appeared as if the midfielder had gone searching for the problem.

Hourihane’s piercing low ball into the guts of the six-yard field caught United’s defence napping as they failed to select up Anwar El Ghazi who had the easy job of stabbing residence from a few yards out.

It instantly prompted cries from the Villa followers of ‘Brucey, Brucey what’s the rating?’ as they taunted their former supervisor, who was sacked almost 14 months in the past.