Aston Villa v Burnley LIVE: Premier League score and results as Douglas Luiz nets late penalty
Unai Emery and Vincent Kompany lead their sides at Villa Park
The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent.
This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years.
Meanwhile Luton Town are making their first appearance in the Premier League, having risen from non-league in an incredible decade of progress. They followed Championship winners Burnley and second-placed Sheffield United in earning promotion to the top flight.
Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.
Aston Villa vs Burnley
100 minutes of frantic, fantastic football come to a close, with that last-ditch penalty from Douglas Luiz handing all three points to Aston Villa! Burnley's task went from difficult to near-impossible after Berge was shown a second yellow card just 11 minutes into the second period, leaving the visitors a man down for the remainder of the game. They certainly rallied though, with Foster splitting the defence to race into the box and slot home a fantastic equaliser against the run of play. Villa pressed hard for a third goal throughout the half, testing the 10 men of Burnley and their goalkeeper Trafford with efforts from McGinn, Diaby, Watkins and Luiz. The latter was the beneficiary when substituted Jhon Duran went down in the box, with former Villa midfielder and younger Ramsey brother Aaron the man penalised. Despite twice hitting the bar, Luiz found the back of the net from 12 yards, and that was enough to finally break Burnley's resistance and secure a 3-2 win. Villa's two-game winless run is halted as they end 2023 in second, level on points with Liverpool at the Premier League's summit, while Burnley remain second from bottom, five points from safety and in need of a positive start to 2024.
Aston Villa vs Burnley
The ball breaks kindly for Villa and Watkins races into open pasture on the counter-attack, but he's stopped in his tracks by Vitinho sliding across to scythe the ball away.
Aston Villa vs Burnley
Delcroix gets forward for Burnley and lines up a cross into the area, but it's deflected on the way and headed into touch by Torres!
Aston Villa vs Burnley
Tresor cuts inside and curls a cross in towards the far post, but no-one in yellow can get near the ball and behind it goes for a goal-kick.
Aston Villa vs Burnley
That's Douglas Luiz's sixth goal of the season, fourth successful penalty in a row, and Villa's 11th goal in the last 15 minutes of their second halves this season. Only Liverpool (15) and Luton (13) have scored more often in this period.
Aston Villa vs Burnley
We're into NINE added minutes at Villa Park - hold on to your hats, because there's little to suggest the carnage we've seen so far has any chance of slowing down!
Aston Villa vs Burnley
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