West Ham United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Aston Villa in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after a dominant 2020/21 season and Pep Guardiola's side are favourites to win it again boasting as they do one of the best squads in Europe.
European champions Chelsea have proven they have what it takes to dethrone City, however, having done it in last season's Champions League final and will be hoping to add a domestic title to the one won in Porto.
Liverpool were winners back in 2020 ending a 30-year wait for league glory and Jurgen Klopp is sure to have them back challenging again at the sharp end this season too while Manchester United will be looking to be back in the title picture with Cristiano Ronaldo returning to his former club in the summer.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Norwich, Watford and Brentford promoted to the top tier for 2020/21 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:
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
CLOSE! Antonio pushes his way past Chambers before squaring it into Fornals, who finds a pocket of space through the middle. He drills a low shot towards the far corner, but it rolls wide.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Villa break on the counter again, and it's another good switch of play out to the right, this time to Cash. He curls an early cross in this time, but Zouma heads it away in front of Ings.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
SAVE! It's great work from Cresswell as he knocks it through Cash's legs before pulling it back to Benrahma on the edge of the box. He knocks it past Chambers before hitting a shot, but Martinez gets behind it.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Coutinho picks Cresswell's pocket and pokes it through to Cash, who has just got ahead of Zouma. He whips a great cross into the middle, but it comes at Ings too quickly and he can't make the contact he needs with the shot.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Villa are seeing a lot of the ball in the first couple of minutes and are pushing West Ham deeper in their own half. Coutinho switches it out to McGinn on the right, but Lazini is quickly in to win it back.
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