The lone goal by the Villa's Belgian striker Christian Benteke in the 80th minute of the match against Reading Tuesday moved Villa from the bottom three and places at 17th slot on the Premier League's points table.
It seemed the breakthrough would never come, but with 10 minutes to go summer signing Benteke used his physical prowess to climb above Morrison and head in.
Villa had the possession of the ball 52% of the time, but committed 10 fouls as against five by the Reading. They were awarded eight corners as against three to the Reading.
Reading's best chance fell to Hal Robson-Kanu, who had his goalbound shot blocked by Brad Guzan.
In the meanwhile, Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert defended his decision to again leave striker Darren Bent out of his matchday squad.
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