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With Villa Park's North Stand currently closed for building work, is the reduced capacity affecting Aston Villa's performances? He had already turned the air blue when describing their defeat to Nottingham Forest last month. It was a rare moment of candour from the Spaniard with Villa yet to win at home this season after Saturday's 2-2 draw with Brentford. The North Stand is a shell and currently closed for building.

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Bukayo Saka responds to the challenge set by Mikel Arteta as he comes off the bench to change the game against Lille in the Champions League. Bukayo Saka responded to the challenge set by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta as he proved a game-changer in the 3-0 Champions League win over Lille. The England forward has been told he should aim to score "two or three" goals per game - such.

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2-0 defeat to Atlético Madrid ‘reflects how our club is’ Argentinian says club has not invested enough in players Lisandro Martínez has hit out at the Manchester United hierarchy, blaming the lack of investment as their dismal start to the season continued. Goals from Pablo Barrios and Ademola Lookman pushed United to a 2-0 defeat at Atlético Madrid, and the Argentina defender described that as a “mirror” of the way.

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Whatever the game, whatever the result, Georgia Stanway always seems to score for England. Manager Sarina Wiegman called the midfielder a "warrior" after her performance against Greece helped seal an impressive 5-0 victory to complete an 8-1 aggregate triumph. Stanway scored in both matches as the Lionesses progressed to round two of the Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs with ease. She opened the scoring in Crete as they won 3-1.

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Lexi Potter and Lauren James stole the show against Greece but England’s 8-1 aggregate win was one of many lopsided scorelines If there had been a vidiprinter at the King Power Stadium displaying the aggregate scorelines from the night’s Women’s World Cup qualifying playoffs around Europe, it might have looked more at home on the cricket scoreboard just over a mile further south at Leicestershire’s Grace Road. Sweden 15-0 against.

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Ronald’s last-minute winner keeps Welsh side on top Middlesbrough edge Stoke in thriller Watford gloom Substitute Ronald scored a last-minute winner to keep Swansea top of the Championship after their match at Millwall was held up for almost seven minutes due to a complaint about racist chanting at the Den. The referee, Edward Duckworth, halted the match in the 65th minute and walked to the dugouts to speak with Lions.