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Well, that was a defeat Aston Villa fans will want to forget pretty quickly. As soon as Unai Emery announced the starting XI against Manchester City, you knew this would be a very difficult evening against the Premier League title-chasers. The number of players that were missing from the starting XI was pretty ridiculous, either injured, ill, suspended or being rotated because of the heavy schedule coming up. It doesn’t make things easier, it just puts things into context with Phil Foden denting Aston Villa’s top-four hopes by guiding his team to a 4-1 win and scoring a hat-trick. Despite the …

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