Manchester City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Manchester City face Aston Villa 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:
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
The points are virtually in the bag for City now, with only three minutes of stoppage time remaining before the final whistle blows.
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
De Bruyne's corner from the left is just taken off Akanji's head by a Villa clearance, and the ball rolls out for a throw-in near the right byline.
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
A series of City fouls in midfield breaks up play, as Villa try to raise the tempo again. There's is surely a lost cause, but there has been a significant improvement since their second set of substitutions.
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
MISS! With Duran lurking on the edge of the area, Ederson races out to collect a low throughball. He then sets off a rapid counter-attack, which ends with Alvarez setting up a simple finish for Mahrez in the centre of the area. However, the winger leans back and skies the ball well over the crossbar, before putting his head in his hands!
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
After Ederson is once more forced into action, to cut out a dangerous low cross along the six-yard box, Coutinho then drives to the left byline but can't quite pick out a cross.
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
Substitution Riyad Karim Mahrez Nathan Benjamin Aké
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