![\"Morgan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_AFC-Bournemouth-v-Aston-Villa-Premier-League-Football-Vitality-Stadium-Bournemouth-UK-07-Feb.jpg\")
<\/p>\nVilla are battling Manchester United and Chelsea for a top-four finish in the Premier League<\/p>\n
Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa celebrates scoring at Bournemouth(Image: James Marsh\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n
Aston Villa won\u2019t dwell on dropped points in the race for a top-four finish in the Premier League and Champions League qualification, as Morgan Rogers said: \u201cWe move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rogers scored as Villa <\/a>drew 1-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday, his first half opener cancelled out by Rayan in the second half.<\/p>\n Villa <\/a>are still in a strong position in the table, in third place – but both Manchester United and Chelsea closed the gap on Unai Emery\u2019s side with victories.<\/p>\n United are now three points behind Villa in fourth place, with Chelsea a further point back in fifth spot, with 13 matches left to play.<\/p>\n FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE! Get more news and AVFC analysis via our Aston Villa FB page<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re a bit disappointed after going 1-0 ahead \u2013 you want to try and see the game out and even add to the lead,\u201d said Rogers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had chances to do that, it was a very open game. Both teams got into the box and created chances, but they were miles better than us in the second half.<\/p>\n \u201cThey deserved to get back into the game, so we\u2019ll take the point and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re usually pretty good at defending in a low block, and we defend well in our box,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just disappointing. They\u2019re a really good team at home, they play with a lot of energy, a lot of pace, and they get the ball into the box and cause problems.<\/p>\n \u201cWe stood up for the most part but when they were piling on pressure, one sometimes goes in the net.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, but it is what it is and we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Join our Aston Villa WhatsApp group and get the latest breaking news, interviews and opinion sent straight to your phone, plus matchday team news and live updates of all the action. Just click on this link<\/a> and select \u2018Join Community\u2019 to get started. The only proviso is that you must have WhatsApp on your phone to participate. It’s a free service. No one will be able to see your personal information and you will only receive messages from our Villa writers.<\/p>\n We will not spam your WhatsApp feed with constant messages, but you will receive updates from us daily with the latest Villa news. If you later decide to opt out, just go to the name at the top of your screen and click ‘Exit Group’. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. Click here to read our Privacy Notice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Villa are battling Manchester United and Chelsea for a top-four finish in the Premier League Morgan Rogers of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2501,218,2605,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-415100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-aston-villa-fc","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-morgan-rogers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Whatsapp-storysocial.jpg\")
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