- LONDON — Aston Villa got right back into the race for a place in next
season's UEFA Champions League with a thumping 4-1 win at home to Newcastle
United.
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- Villa went out of the Champions League in midweek despite a
heroic fightback against Paris Saint-Germain, but needed just 30 seconds to
show there was no European hangover when Ollie Watkins opened the scoring.
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- Newcastle traveled to Villa Park third in the table after a
4-1 win over Manchester United and a 5-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace, and
leveled thanks to Fabian Schar's header in the 18th minute.
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- Ian Maatsen smashed home Villa's second after an assist from
Watkins in the 64th minute and Dan Burn was unlucky to put the ball into his
own net in the 73rd minute, before Amadou Onana added the fourth just two
minutes after.
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- Goals in the last six minutes from Nico O'Reilly and Mateo
Kovacic saw Manchester City move fourth after a 2-0 win away to Everton, after
Pep Guardiola's side had looked flat for much of the match.
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- Everton was hurt by the loss of defender James Tarkowski
with a hamstring injury after 111 consecutive appearances.
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- Brentford won its first home game since December last year,
with Bryan Mbeumo scoring twice, and Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard also
hitting the net in a 4-2 win over Brighton.
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- Danny Welbeck and Kaoru Mitoma scored for the visitors, who
weren't helped by Joao Pedro's 61st-minute red card for using his elbow.
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