London, Nov 26 (IANS) Football club Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0 to end their streak of three consecutive English Premier League defeats.

Conor Hourihane curled in a free-kick to give Villa the lead on Monday night, before setting up Anwar El Ghazi from a free kick to finish from close range four minutes later, as per a BBC report.

The victory takes Villa up to 15th place in the points table.

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