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
Mendy cuts out a positive Villa move, with Buendia and Moreno combining well on the left hand side. They try to pass their way into the Leicester box, but Mendy was there to snuff out the danger.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has lost his last three Premier League games against Leicester – he’s only ever lost more consecutive league games as a manager against Barcelona (twice, one run of five defeats & one of four defeats), Real Madrid (five) and Sevilla (six).
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
There's a bit of miscommunication between Souttar and Iversen from a Villa corner. As the ball swings in, Iversen goes to punch the ball clear but isn't commanding enough, leaving Souttar to head away the danger.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Young escapes a yellow card. He makes a rash sliding challenge on Barnes, who walks away unharmed.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
CHANCE FOR LEICESTER! Barnes whips in a ball across the face of goal towards Vardy, but the forward can't make contact! It only needed a touch and Leicester would have been ahead.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Watkins makes a run into the box and gets on the end of a Buendia cross, but his header is straight at Martinez.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa
Leicester have lost five of their last seven Premier League home games (W1 D1), more than they had in their previous 19 at the King Power Stadium (W10 D5 L4).
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