Birmingham, May 16 (IANS) Aston Villa secured qualification for next season’s UEFA Champions League after a commanding 4-2 victory over Liverpool in the Premier League on Friday, with Ollie Watkins starring with a brilliant brace.The victory moved Aston Villa up to fourth spot on 62 points from 37 games, knocking Liverpool down to fifth on 59 points and leaving them with an anxious battle to secure their own Champions League place.Unai Emery’s side produced a clinical attacking display at Vi…
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Berlin, May 8 (IANS) Successful talent development has long been a hallmark of 2026 UEFA Europa League finalist SC Freiburg. Former club youngsters such as Swiss international Johan Manzambi, keeper Noah Atubolu, and 2014 world champion Matthias Ginter stand out in the current squad that achieved the club’s biggest success, following the side’s meeting with Premier League outfit Aston Villa on May 20th in Istanbul.Despite locational disadvantages compared to leading clubs, the SC consistently de…
Birmingham, May 8 (IANS) John McGinn and Emiliano Buendia powered Aston Villa into the UEFA Europa League final, courtesy of a 4-1 aggregate victory over Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals, triumphing 4-0 in a pulsating second leg at Villa Park.Villa will face Freiburg in the UEFA Europa League final at Istanbul’s Besiktas Park on May 20.Aston Villa, the 1982 European Cup winners, are through to their second major UEFA final. The Villans have not won a major trophy since 1996, losing four cup …
Bologna, April 10 (IANS) Ezri Konsa headed the opener before Ollie Watkins struck twice to give Aston Villa 3-1 victory over Bologna and a first-leg advantage in their Europa League quarterfinal opener.An eighth consecutive Europa League triumph also marked the club’s first win in a UEFA match in Italy on our first visit to the country since 1994.Coming into the game on a club-record 11-match unbeaten Europa League run, Bologna repeatedly threatened an opener and almost succeeded when Emiliano…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Ollie Watkins hit Aston Villa’s winner at Lille, while Porto and Midtjylland also took one-goal away advantages in the first legs of the UEFA Europa League round of 16.An Ollie Watkins header ensured Aston Villa will take a lead back to Villa Park following the first leg of the club’s UEFA Europa League Round of 16 tie against LOSC Lille.The striker looped a header into the back of the net in the 61st minute to decide a cagey encounter at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.Emi Mart…
Birmingham, March 12 (IANS) Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has confirmed that club captain John McGinn could return to the matchday squad for their upcoming Premier League clash against Manchester United on Sunday after recovering from a knee injury that kept him sidelined for several weeks.McGinn suffered the injury during Villa’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Everton in January. Before that setback, the Scottish midfielder had been an ever-present figure in Villa’s Premier League campaign this s…
London, Jan 28 (IANS) England striker Tammy Abraham has completed a move back to Aston Villa from Besiktas, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Premier League title contenders.The 28-year-old returns to English football for the first time since joining Roma in 2021. Abraham had been on loan at Besiktas, but the Turkish club activated their 11 million pounds purchase option from Roma on Monday. It was reported that Villa would pay Besiktas a fee of 21 million euros to secure his tran…
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Aston Villa have made a move to sign Newcastle United striker William Osula in their first major trade in the January transfer window as manager Unai Emery looks to bring in attacking reinforcements to strengthen the squad in the second half of the English season, media reports said on Thursday.Aston Villa are having a sensational season and are currently placed third in the Premier League standings behind Arsenal (45 points) and Manchester City (40), trailing by just one po…
London, Dec 28 (IANS) Ollie Watkins stepped off the bench to help Aston Villa complete a comeback victory against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, equalling a club record of 11 consecutive wins in the process.The visitors were second best in the first half, trailing to a Joao Pedro goal at the break, but the introduction of Watkins sparked Villa into life offensively, and he equalised shortly before the hour mark.Several chances came and went for the transformed Villans before W…