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Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa: Premier League – as it happened

Mikel Arteta’s side were two up and cruising against their visitors only to be pegged back by goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins

We’ve had four away wins in the four top flight games played so far today. Can Villa make it five out of five to leave Liverpool seven points clear of Arsenal at the top of the league with a game in hand?Emery’s side dealt Arsenal’s title hopes a hammerblow at the Emirates in April last season and will be hopefull of doing exactly the same today.

Newcastle United 1-4 Bournemouth

Brentford 0-2 Liverpool

Leicester City 0-2 Fulham

West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace

Arsenal v Aston Villa 5.30pm (GMT)

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All change for England: Borthwick plots full-back role for talisman Marcus Smith

  • Under-pressure coach may deploy Steward on wing
  • Fin Smith eyeing up No 10 role in Six Nations opener

Steve Borthwick has revealed he is giving strong consideration to shifting Marcus Smith to full-back and deploying Freddie Steward on the wing as he plots a course to England’s Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin.

Smith has started England’s last seven Tests at fly-half and was their most eye-catching performer during a disappointing autumn in which Borthwick’s side were beaten by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. With George Furbank injured, however, Borthwick sees merit in moving Smith to the No 15 jersey, which would pave the way for either Fin Smith or George Ford to start at fly-half.

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Ruthless Wolfhounds secure Thunder double

Brython Thunder went down to a 57-5 defeat to reigning champions and league leaders, Wolfhounds, in Round 5 of the Celtic Challenge At UCD, Dublin this afternoon. The Welsh side had been given a tough fixture list with back-to-back games against a team packed with Irish internationals. The visitors were still waiting for their first […]

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