Aston Villa vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Newcastle United in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
Villa have now won their last five on the bounce, and they stay in sixth, but they're now just six points off the top four. Next up for them is a trip to Brentford. Newcastle's own five-match winning run is now over. They stay in third and will be looking to bounce back next weekend when they host Tottenham.
Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
Villa cruise to a 3-0 win over Newcastle to close the gap to the top four. Watkins was the star of the show, and almost gave them a dream start, but hit the post 28 seconds in. He did set up Ramsey for the opening goal though, which the youngster fired into the bottom corner. After the break, the forward had a goal disallowed by VAR for a tight offside, but he still managed to grab two goals for himself, firing both down the middle to seal the three points for Villa.
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