Leicester City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Leicester 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:
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
What an ending to the game! Leicester were on top for a lot of the second half and put pressure on Villa's goal, but to no avail. Dewsbury-Halls sending off was the turning point, with Leicester going down to ten men and losing control of the match as the momentum quickly began to shift in Villa's favour. Everything Emery touches at the moment seems to turn to gold, and that is exactly what happened when substitute Traore struck late - less than two minutes after his introduction.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Watkins is fouled on the edge of the penalty area and Villa have a free-kick in a great position.
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