bafetimbi gomis may not score often in the premier league, but his goals tend to leave a lasting impression they come late, they decide matches, and they present the opposition with questions to ponder gomis, playing his second match since collapsing at white hart lane, struck three minutes from time at villa park to prick the bubble blown by tim sherwood this was the second time in his short tenure aston villa have lost at home to a goal in the closing stages it keeps villa within the pull of the relegation zone when it had looked, after consecutive wins and reaching wembley, an upward trajectory was gathering for gomis, it was a third goal of the premier league campaign his first came 12 minutes from time to beat arsenal in november, bringing scrutiny on arsene wenger bafetimbi gomis (centre) slides home a late winner to give swansea city a 1 0 win at aston villa on saturday afternoon  gomis (centre) wheels away in celebration after netting his late goal while the villa players look crestfallen  gomis's strike was only his second of the season for the swans   and his first away from home for the club  the france international (centre) runs straight towards the travelling swansea fans   where he is mobbed by one  aston villa (4 2 3 1): guzan 7; bacuna 6, okore 7, clark 65, hutton 65; delph 7, cleverley 5 (sanchez 26' 6); n'zogbia 65 (westwood 68' 6), agbonlahor 65, sinclair 6; benteke 6 (weimann 75' 5) subs not used: given, gil, kinsella, grealish  manager: tim sherwood 65  (swansea 4 2 3 1): fabianski 65; naughton 65, fernandez 7, williams 7, taylor 75; ki 65, cork 6; routledge 65, sigurdsson 65 (montero 64'), shelvey 65 (dyer 85'); gomis 65  subs not used: tremmel, amat, oliveira, rangel, fulton  goal: gomis 87  manager: garry monk 7  man of the match: taylor  referee: robert madley 6  click here to view our brilliant match zone including the move for bafetimbi gomis' winner for swansea  his second felled manchester united in the 73rd minute of their february encounter, casting doubt on the louis van gaal philosophy this strike, while leaving sherwood perplexed, helped suggest there is life after wilfried bony for swansea the limelight has switched to gomis since bony left for manchester city with £28million going the other way at times he has struggled to escape the shadow cast by his predecessor grave concerns were raised when he lay motionless against tottenham three weeks ago, before it emerged he has a vasovagal condition which causes low blood pressure and fainting episodes on saturday, he missed three good chances but he kept going and rounded off a lovely goal with a predatory finish wayne routledge danced into space in the middle of the pitch and released jefferson montero with a cultured pass the rapid winger, on as a substitute, hit top gear to race past leandro bacuna and crossed with the outside of his right boot despite being tugged back by ciaran clark, gomis connected to plant a firm shot past brad guzan sherwood, who saw his side lose to stoke in injury time of his villa debut, was in terse mood afterwards defeat hurts him deeply villa boss tim sherwood is given a hug for good luck by home mascot bella the lion before kick off against swansea  neil taylor (left) and leandro bacuna battle for the ball during the opening stages of their clash at villa park  swansea winger wayne routeldge (right) skips past the challenge of villa full back alan hutton in the first half  sherwood yells out instructions to his villa charges as they try to break the deadlock against garry monk's men  'that's the second time it's happened now,' he said 'there comes a time in a game when if you're looking like not winning it you make sure you don't lose it we have to try and address that' it was a close match swansea bossed the first half, villa shaded the second in the 57th minute gabby agbonlahor thought he had scored when christian benteke's header fell his way four yards out but neil taylor blocked brilliantly scott sinclair and fabian delph both sent good openings wide and sinclair almost found an equaliser in added time when volleying inches over the bar by now benteke had gone off because of a niggling hip problem and swansea could have extended their winning margin when routledge ran free close to the end but guzan saved well in the first half the american goalkeeper twice denied gomis, who should have scored from taylor's cross on six minutes he also had a great chance 16 minutes from time after monetro's ball but clark diverted the shot away gomis was not to be denied, leaving garry monk delighted 'he persevered and got his goal in the end he deserved that' the hosts were dealt a blow midway through the first half when midfielder tom cleverley (right) picked up an injury  the on loan manchester united midfielder (right) had to be helped off the pitch by an aston villa physio on 25 minutes  carlos sanchez (left) came on in place of cleverley as the hosts were forced into making an early change  christian benteke (right) outjumps swansea midfielder jack cork as they both challenge for a header  a section of aston villa supporters hold up banners showing their disgust at claims against their club by certain media outlets recently  swansea striker  gomis (centre) tries to muscle his way through two villa defenders during saturday's encounter  swansea midfielder jonjo shelvey (left) runs with the ball as villa captain fabian delph chases him in pursuit  gabby agbonlahor (right) sees his goalbound shot blocked by swansea defender taylor (left) during the match 
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bafetimbi gomis tucked home a late finish on 87 minutes to give swansea city victory at villa park . result sees swansea move above stoke city into eighth in the premier league on 43 points . defeat leaves tim sherwood's men just three points above the relegation zone with eight matches remaining 