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Unai Emery makes seven changes to the Aston Villa side that exited the FA Cup with a 3-1 home loss to Newcastle a week ago. Emiliano Martinez was always going to return in goal, but Marco Bizot’s red card in that game means Villa have 21-year-old James Wright, yet to play a minute competitively for…
Aston Villa are on a superb run of form. They have won 20 of their past 25 matches (D1, L4) with only Arsenal (21) having won more among teams in Europe’s big-five leagues during that period. Their blip on Sunday against Everton meant they missed out on the chance to move second, within four points…
Sancho was playing in his 19th game for Villa, having joined on loan from Manchester United in September. The 25-year-old has only started two Premier League games this season, but in the Europa League he has been in Villa’s starting line-up for each of their past five matches. Along with Rogers, he was Villa’s most…
‘One minute of madness cost us the game’published at 22:38 GMT 22:38 GMT FT: Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest More from Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche, speaking to TNT Sports: “There is effort here, that killer edge, we want more of that. Of course, we are in that weird situation where we have to…
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 48 min: Tottenham’s plan on the ball seems to be give it to Xavi Simons and hope for the best. It’s not working so far. Share 47 min: Tielemans should probably go into the book for pulling back Simons as Spurs…
‘We were never in this game’published at 18:29 GMT 18:29 GMT FT: Brighton 2-0 Burnley Burnley Burnley boss Scott Parker speaking to Sky Sports: “We were poor in every aspect. The biggest thing for me is that I felt it was a team that lacked belief, while results have of course not gone our way…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Here’s how the top of the Premier League looks before we dive headlong into this six-pointer. Arsenal’s vastly superior goal difference means Villa can’t go top tonight – unless they pay the Gunners back for the 7-1 defeat at Villa Park…
There is simply no stopping this Aston Villa machine, cylinders pumping, exclusively handcrafted by Unai Emery, the manager who reacted to Morgan Rogers’ winning goal against Manchester United by launching his jacket into the night sky. “Birmingham, are you listening?” came the chorus from the home support but this was another victory with wider implications….
Donyell Malen scored twice as Aston Villa moved closer to progressing automatically for the Europa League knockouts with a comfortable win against Young Boys. The Dutch forward’s goals both came in a first half that was marred by crowd trouble in the away end, with Malen getting hit by a plastic cup as he celebrated…
