Aston Villa climbed to the top of Group E in the Europa Conference League after a classy victory against Dutch side AZ Alkmaar at AFAS Stadion. Leon Bailey and Youri Tielemans got Villa off to the perfect start with a goal apiece in the space of 10 first-half minutes.
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Aston Villa increased the pressure on Tottenham manager Antonio Conte with victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. An error by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in his first game back since the World Cup allowed Emiliano Buendia to score before Douglas Luiz doubled the lead. A lacklustre Spurs, who fell out of the Premier League top four on Saturday, have now won only two of their past seven matches.
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Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as their next head coach after holding decisive talks today. Emery will leave his position at Villarreal to take charge of the Villains who sacked Steven Gerrard last week.
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Chelsea ended the year with just one win in five as Anwar El Ghazi’s controversial equaliser earned Aston Villa a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Olivier Giroud gave the Blues a first half lead but El Ghazi’s strike earned Villa a valuable point.
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Heung-Min Son scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Tottenham put significant pressure on Chelsea in the top-four race with a 3-2 win at Aston Villa. The relegation-threatened hosts bossed the early stages and took a deserving lead but Spurs rallied to take all three points.
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