6 d. ago Marcus Rashford to miss rest of season with hamstring injury as Villa suffer knock to European hopes

Further confusion is cast over Rashford’s future

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1 week ago Matheus Nunes makes honest admission about Man City's poor season as Liverpool close on title

Matheus Nunes scored a 94th-minute winner to beat Aston Villa 2-1 and boost Man City's Champions League hopes, then revealed he has not even watched the competition on TV

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1 week ago Pep Guardiola makes telling Liverpool comment in damning verdict on Man City season

Manchester City scored a dramatic late winner against Aston Villa to boost their hopes of Champions League football next season, but Pep Guardiola says it's been a "bad" season for the club

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1 week ago Man City boost Champions League hopes with dramatic late Aston Villa win

MANCHESTER CITY 2-1 ASTON VILLA: Bernardo Silva's early goal was cancelled out by a Marcus Rashford penalty before Matheus Nunes scored a brutal late winner at the Etihad Stadium

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2 w. ago Aston Villa swat Newcastle aside to boost their Champions League hopes

Four days on from falling agonisingly short in a pulsating quarter-final clash with Paris St Germain, Villa Park was rocking once again.

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3 w. ago Aston Villa were 75 seconds away from something quite OK, but then it all changed. PSG were fabulous and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was absolutely spellbinding, writes IAN LADYMAN

IAN LADYMAN AT THE PARC DES PRINCES: A one-goal deficit to take back to Villa Park for next week's second leg would have bred hope and optimism and a sense of anticipation.

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3 w. ago Late Nuno Mendes goal hurts Aston Villa hopes to stretch PSG’s advantage

Luis Enrique is regarded as the manager who finally transformed Paris Saint-Germain from a team of individuals into a team but that does not prevent players from expressing themselves. For Exhibit A, see Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s preposterous strike that helped earn PSG a deserved advantage heading into the second leg of this quarter-final. Exhibit B was a beauty, too, Désiré Doué sending a rasping strike in off the woodwork after Morgan Rogers gave Villa a shock first-half lead. By the end it was 3-1, 29 shots to six and it was tempting to wonder quite how many full-backs Unai Emery would require to cage PSG’s ravenous front three.As the flag a handful of supporters posed with on the Pont d’Iéna, opposite the Eiffel Tower, several hours before kick-off declared, this was Emery in Paris and drama was a given. It is why the Prince of Wales was compelled to be here, his eldest son in tow. “I want George to experience a night out away from home in a big European competition,” the royal V...

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3 w. ago Late Nuno Mendes goal hurts Aston Villa hopes and stretches PSG’s advantage

Luis Enrique is regarded as the manager who finally transformed Paris Saint-Germain from a team of individuals into a team but that does not prevent players from expressing themselves. For Exhibit A, see Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s preposterous strike that helped earn PSG a deserved advantage heading into the second leg of this quarter-final.Exhibit B was a beauty, too, Désiré Doué sending a rasping strike in off the woodwork after Morgan Rogers gave Villa a shock first-half lead. By the end it was 3-1, 29 shots to six and it was tempting to wonder quite how many full-backs Unai Emery would require to cage PSG’s ravenous front three. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Late Nuno Mendes strike caps PSG comeback to hurt Aston Villa hopes

Luis Enrique is regarded as the manager who finally transformed Paris Saint-Germain from a group of individuals into a team but that process, changing the DNA to use his words, has not prohibited players from expressing themselves. For Exhibit A, see Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s preposterous strike, a flash of lightning that helped to secure for PSG a deserved advantage heading into the second leg of this quarter-final.Exhibit B was a beauty, too, Désiré Doué cracking a rasping strike in off the woodwork after Morgan Rogers gave Villa a shock first-half lead. The killer goal, for both teams, came in stoppage time, Nuno Mendes making it 3-1. By the end it was 29 shots to seven and tempting to wonder quite how many full-backs Unai Emery would require to cage PSG’s ravenous front three of Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembélé and Doué, the prodigious teenager. Frankly it is hard to envisage PSG not scoring at Villa Park. Continue reading...

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