All this time playing just one of Danny Ings or Ollie Watkins. It turns out they're pretty good together.
Steven Gerrard had only selected one or the other in Aston Villa's last four Premier League games. Yet in a bid to get back to winning ways after one win in their last seven outings, Gerrard used Ings and Watkins as partners — two No 9s under orders to work hard for each other — in front of a No 10 in Philippe Coutinho.
They targeted the outside centre backs in Brighton's back-three system and it worked well with Gerrard's tactical tweaks helping Villa to victory.