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Aston Villa Beats Bournemouth in a Hard-Fought Match
Aston Villa defeated Bournemouth 2-1 in an exciting match at Villa Park in Birmingham. The encounter was marked by a large number of yellow cards and a pair of goals in the closing minutes.
Aston Villa dominated possession of the ball but struggled to turn their dominance into goals. Bournemouth, for their part, looked for counterattacking opportunities.
The first goal came in the 76th minute when substitute R. Barkley took advantage of an assist from L. Bailey to open the scoring. Aston Villa’s second goal came in the 90th minute thanks to a penalty kick from R. Barkley.
However, Bournemouth did not give up and managed to reduce the deficit in the 90+4th minute with a goal from Evanilson.
Despite Bournemouth’s late pressure, Aston Villa managed to hold onto their lead and take the win.
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Substitutions bournemouth: at minute 30 A. Smith came in and J. Araujo went out., at minute 64 M. Tavernier came in and J. Kluivert went out., at minute 64 Evanilson came in and E. Unal went out., at minute 81 T. Adams came in and R. Christie went out., at minute 81 D. Brooks came in and M. Kerkez went out.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 46 R. Barkley came in and A. Onana went out., at minute 57 J. Duran came in and M. Rogers went out., at minute 71 L. Bailey came in and J. McGinn went out., at minute 71 I. Maatsen came in and L. Digne went out., at minute 82 B. Kamara came in and O. Watkins went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Aston Villa
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