Abraham double seals Carabao Cup progress
Tammy Abraham scored twice as Aston Villa put its Premier League woes to one side with a 3-1 win over out-of-form Coventry City in the Carabao Cup.
Villa managed to score only one goal and pick up just one point from iuts opening four Premier League matches.
Indeed, the only team with a worse record than Unai Emery's team in the top flight this term are Coventry, whose miserable run continued.
Abraham, who turned down a loan move to Everton late in the transfer window, opened the scoring in the seventh minute at Coventry Building Society Arena, slotting into the bottom-right corner after latching onto George Hemmings' cute pass.
Yet Coventry was level through a moment of magic in the 27th minute, as Victor Torp – a star of ita promotion-winning campaign last season – curled in a sensational free-kick.
Villa, though, went back ahead before half-time, with Ibrahim Mbaye, on his full debut, sending an in-swinging corner onto the head of Ross Barkley, who duly nodded home.
Barkley turned provider as Abraham doubled up just shy of the hour, with the midfielder managing to get a flick to a low corner, and Villa's forward was on hand to tuck in from point-blank range and wrap up their progress into round four.
