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Chelsea vs Manchester City live: Latest as Sergio Aguero hat-trick sees off Blues while Aston Villa relegated

Re-live the action from Saturday's Premier League matches, including Everton vs Southampton, Newcastle vs Swansea and West Brom vs Watford

Charles Reynolds
Saturday 16 April 2016 10:48 BST
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Manchester City players celebrate after Sergio Aguero scores against Chelsea
Manchester City players celebrate after Sergio Aguero scores against Chelsea (Getty)

Aston Villa have been relegated from the Premier League for the first time since 1987 after they lost 1-0 to Manchester United, while Manchester City took a step towards consolidating their top-four status with a 3-0 thumping of Chelsea in the evening kick-off. Follow the latest here.

Today’s fixtures:

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Sunday’s fixtures:

Bournemouth vs Liverpool – 1.30pm

Leicester City vs West Ham – 1.30pm

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace – 4pm

Monday’s fixture:

Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur – 8pm

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Good morning and welcome to the Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League action in what is set to be crunch time for Aston Villa.

Villa know that anything but a victory against Manchester United will see them relegated to the Championship, although their fate may be taken out of their own hands before they've even kicked a ball. Norwich face Sunderland in the lunchtime kick-off in a crucial relegation encounter, and should the Canaries win they will go 18 points clear of Villa and hold a vastly superior goal difference, meaning that Villa would be all but relegated with 18 points available.

Elsewhere, Newcastle must get a victory against Swansea if they are to fight back in the battle for Premier League safety, while Southampton have the chance to overtake West Ham in fifth when they travel to Everton and West Brom host Watford at the Hawthorns.

Finally, we wrap up the day with an enticing fixture at Stamford Bridge as outgoing champions Chelsea take on Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City at 5.30pm.

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Just under an hour until kick off in the mouthwatering relegation crunch (which sounds like a terrible brand of cereal) between Norwich and Sunderland – anyway here are the teams:Norwich: Ruddy, Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson, Jarvis, O'Neil, Howson, Brady, Naismith, Mbokani. Subs: Jerome, Rudd, Hoolahan, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Redmond, Ivo Pinto.

 Sunderland: Mannone, Yedlin, Kone, Kaboul, Van Aanholt, Kirchhoff, Borini, Cattermole, M'Vila, Khazri, Defoe. 

Subs: Jones, Larsson, N'Doye, Pickford, O'Shea, Toivonen, Watmore. 

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366af6d5-a8b8-4c14-ad5c-b57539ebb467.jpgIt's all kicking off in Norwich! 

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Sunderland winners in today's battle of the mascots - even if Norwich's 'Captain Canary' has a great nameca9bb6f9-1f80-48f4-a7c6-37095d71a83f.jpg

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Norwich 0 Sunderland 0: Oooh, early panic for Sunderland as a free kick is played into the box and they struggle to deal with it. One of the Norwich players was offside though. 

Charles Reynolds16 April 2016 12:49

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