Villa been Dango'd

OUATTARA MAKES INSTANT IMPACT TO EXPOSE UNAI'S ISSUES

- By Steve Judge

IT'S a funny old game when a bus stop in Hounslow - as Bees fans call their club - can splash out more cash on players than a team that played in the Champions League last season.

By Steve Judge

AT GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM

But the club-record £42.5million Brentford spent on Dango Ouattara proved the difference in this game to give Keith Andrews his first win as Bees boss.

Ouattara’s strike highlighted glaring problems that Aston Villa boss Unai Emery needs to fix sharpish if a top-five finish is to be a realistic goal.

Villa's lack of pace limits them in attack, as no goals from their opening two games shows, while the soft underbelly on the road - which cost them a place in the top five last season - still remains.

It took Ouattara just 12 minutes of his Brentford career to shine a light on both those weaknesses - and on himself as a ready-made replacement for last season's top scorer Bryan Mbeumo, now of Manchester United.