It was a breathtaking afternoon at Villa Park as Aston Villa defeated arch rivals Birmingham City by 4 goals to 2 in the first Second City derby clash of the season.

It’s now three wins on the bounce for Dean Smith’s men who have shot up to 8th in the Championship - but the afternoon got off to the worst possible start.

Birmingham top goalscorer Lukas Jutkiewicz opened the scoring at Villa Park before the half hour mark, before two quickfire goals from Jonathan Kodjia and Jack Grealish sent Villa on their way to another victory.

Tammy Abraham immediately extended Villa’s lead straight after half time with a calmly slotted penalty, and even though Kristian Pedersen reduced the deficit for Garry Monk’s Blues on the hour mark, there was still time for Alan Hutton to score an absolute wondergoal.

After the game, Villa soon took to their Twitter page to claim the ultimate bragging rights, after an enthralling victory on Sunday afternoon - here, we have a look at Villa fans’ reactions...