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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to the Independent's live coverage of Arsenal's match with Aston Villa on the final day of the Premier League season.
- Tottenham and Arsenal are fighting to finish second
- Spurs need just a draw with Newcastle to keep rival at bay
- Arsenal must beat Aston Villa to have chance
- TODAY'S FIXTURES: Arsenal vs Aston Villa, Chelsea vs Leicester, Everton vs Norwich, Manchester United vs Bournemouth, Newcastle vs Tottenham, Southampton vs Crystal Palace, Stoke City vs West Ham, Swansea vs Manchester City, Watford vs Sunderland, West Brom vs Liverpool (all games kick-off at 3pm)
Follow the latest news from Arsenal vs Aston Villa plus the rest of today's Premier League games below...
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TEAM NEWS with @haysworldwide | #mcfc unchanged for the 2015/16 @premierleague finalé. #swansvcityhttps://t.co/OnXjjU0wpx
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Subs | Caballero, Sterling, Kolarov, Demichelis, Nasri, Toure, Bony #swansvcity#mcfc
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So Louis van Gaal makes three changes to his Manchester United side, with Borthwick-Jackson, Carrick and Lingard coming in. Rojo suffered an injury in training yesterday, and Schneiderlin is injured.United, remember, must beat Bournemouth at Old Trafford to have any chance of finishing fourth, and hope City lose at Swansea.
BREAKING: Manchester United's match against Bournemouth has been abandoned.
SWA 0-1 MCFC 1: Kelechi Iheanacho has given Manchester City the lead at Swansea City.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa 0: Olivier Giroud heads home Nacho Monreal's cross to give Arsenal the perfect start.
GOAL! WBA 1-0 LIV: Salomon Rondon beats stand-in Liverpool keeper Adam Bogdan to give West Brom the lead.
GOAL: WAT 1-1 SUN: And straightaway Watford are level as Sebastian Prodl scores a thumping header.
GOAL! WAT 1-2 SUN: Parity didn't last long for Watford - Lens puts Sunderland back in front at Vicarage Road.
To recap at the start of the second half - as it stands, Manchester City, who are drawing 1-1 at Swansea, are on course for fourth place. Arsenal are set to finish second, the Gunners beating Aston Villa while Spurs are 2-0 down at Newcastle United.
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