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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola consistently responded "it doesn't matter" when asked whether he was approached by the FA for the England job.

"Thomas Tuchel is the manager, forget about it," he said, speaking two days after Tuchel was announced as the new England boss. "I'm the manager of Man City, forget about it. The rest is not important."

On whether England's manager should be English, Guardiola said: "We don't decide where we're born. Mum and dad decide that and nine months later we're here!

"I know we are proud of where we are from but the world is so big. You have to be open-minded."

Guillem Balague
Spanish football journalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Ok, let’s be surprised about this, Pep Guardiola was actually offered the [England] job and he thought about it for two months, after two months, he said no because 'I don't even know what I'm going to do at the end of this season'.

Manchester City right now feel he’s closer to staying than leaving, but nobody really knows – what seems clear is that in the cycle from the next World Cup to the following one, he will have a national side and England are favourites.

It's 18 months that Thomas Tuchel has the job, it takes him to the World Cup. Ok, if Tuchel wins the World Cup then forget that plan.

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Some very interesting comments coming up about Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola from football journalist and BBC sport columnist Gulllem Balague on Radio 5 Live Breakfast.

Guardiola was offered the England job before Thomas Tuchel was appointed, according to Balague.

More from Aston Villa manager Unai Emery on his side's "mature" performance in Tuesday's win at home to Bologna: "I'm delighted how we are facing each match in this competition. The experience we had in the Conference League has been the perfect way to help us this year. Those experiences were fantastic.

"Of course, the Champions League is more difficult but we are playing more mature and more responsible. Our strength is the group.

"Our start has been brilliant [with wins over Young Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna]. We have kept the same mentality - we respected Bayern Munich and respected Bologna the same.

"The games are so tight, but we created more chances than usual. My summary today is we played mature and we deserved to win."

Aston Villa

Aston Villa have five matches remaining in the league phase of the Champions League:

• Wed, 6 Nov - Club Brugge (a)
• Wed, 27 Nov - Juventus (h)
• Tue, 10 Dec - RB Leipzig (a)
• Tue, 21 Jan - Monaco (a)
• Wed, 29 Jan - Celtic (h)

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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was understandably unwilling to get carried away with his side's position at the top of the table, saying that the objective was still to ensure at least a play-off tie, rather than focusing on making the top eight and an automatic route into the last-16.

"We are going to focus on each match and how we are in the moment," he said after Tuesday's win at home to Bologna maintained Villa's 100% start after three games.

"Of course we won the first match away at Young Boys and then against Bayern Munich we were hoping to win to help get in the top eight.

"Today we've got another three points, now we must focus on Bruges [Villa's next Champions League game on Wednesday, 6 November].

"Of course if we keep getting points we can change our objective and try to get in the top eight.

"There are other contenders bigger favourites than us, but we are improving and we will see how we continue."

Three consecutive wins and top of the group phase table, Aston Villa are flying in the Champions League.

Yet they are rated around 33-1 outsiders by bookmakers to lift the trophy, with Manchester City and Real Madrid considered the favourites at about 3-1.

Give us a thumbs up if you believe Villa could be contenders, and thumbs down if not.

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Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Villa Park

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This was another night to remember for Aston Villa fans under Unai Emery as their team go from strength to strength under the Spaniard.

When Villa announced the Emery's appointment on 24 October 2022, following the sacking of Steven Gerrard, they were struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League table.

Fast forward 24 months and Villa are enjoying their best start to a Premier League season in 26 years while sweeping all before them in Europe.

They are top of the revamped Champions League table, which has been extended to include 36 teams.

Villa need another two wins from their final five league games to reach 15 points, which the Opta supercomputer , externalbelieves is required to secure a top-eight finish and automatic passage to the last-16.

Matthew Upson
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast

I just think it's amazing the way Aston Villa have started - away at Young Boys, the big night against Bayern and then this was a tricky game tonight. This was one of those matches where Villa were in the position of favourites, they were at home, they had to take the lead, drive the game, drive the tempo and from what I saw of it they did it really, really well.

[Jhon] Duran getting a goal again, this guy is just on fire. You've got that great competition for centre-forward - two players that are capable of scoring goals in games. They are in a good place and what a great start back in the Champions League.

You can listen to the full Football Daily podcast here.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Villa Park

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Aston Villa's magical Champions League journey continued as they marked Unai Emery's second anniversary in charge by going top of the league phase on another European night to remember.

Captain John McGinn, Villa's longest-serving player, set his side on their way against Bologna straight from a free-kick at a raucous Villa Park.

McGinn's 55th-minute set-piece from out wide evaded everyone inside the penalty area - including Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski - before landing in the back of the net.

The Italians were upset with Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro as they believed they should have been awarded a free-kick moments earlier.

Villa doubled their lead nine minutes later when Jhon Duran marked his first Villa Park start for 11 months by sweeping home from close range, his seventh goal of the season.

It was his last touch as he was replaced by Ollie Watkins, who was waiting to come on when the Colombia forward scored, with Duran showing his displeasure at being replaced by kicking the back of a seat in the dugout.

Having beaten Swiss side Young Boys and heavyweights Bayern Munich earlier this season, Villa now have nine points from three games as Emery's side continue to make light work of their return to European football's top club competition.

• Click here to read Neil Johnston's full match report.

Right, let's delve deeper into Tuesday's action, starting with another momentous night under the floodlights at Villa Park...

BBC Sounds

Kelly Cates hosts the Champions League Debrief - the latest episode of the Football Daily podcast, which is now available to listen to on BBC Sounds.

Hear from Lee Blakeman at Villa Park, alongside The Athletic's reporter Jacob Tanswell.

Also, Ian Dennis, Chris Sutton and Matthew Upson react to Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Plus, there is a preview to all of Wednesday night's Champions League action.

We'll be bringing you some snippets throughout the day or you can listen to the full show by clicking here.

And here is a heads-up of what Champions League matches we have to come tonight.

We will have more on the Liverpool, Manchester City and Celtic ties later, but click on the links for a match preview, including the latest team news:

• Atalanta v Celtic (17:45 BST)
• Brest v Bayer Leverkusen (17:45 BST)
• Atletico Madrid v Lille
• Barcelona v Bayern Munich
• Benfica v Feyenoord
• Manchester City v Sparta Prague
• RB Leipzig v Liverpool
• Red Bull Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb
• Young Boys v Inter Milan

Right, if you missed Tuesday night's Champions League action, here is a rundown of all the results, which also included a shock win for Stuttgart at Juventus.

Just click on the scores to read the match reports:

• AC Milan 3-1 Club Brugge
• Monaco 5-1 Red Star Belgrade
• Arsenal 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
• Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna
• Girona 2-0 Slovan Bratislava
• Juventus 0-1 Stuttgart
• Paris St-German 1-1 PSV Eindhoven
• Real Madrid 5-2 Borussia Dortmund
• Sturm Graz 0-2 Sporting

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Welcome to today's football news page.

It was a busy night in the Champions League. We have all the reaction coming up, as well as build-up to tonight's matches, plus a few Premier League news conferences thrown in for good measure and, of course, all the latest breaking news.

And let's not forget Jose Mourinho. The now Fenerbahce manager will be holding a news conference at around 12:30 BST to preview his side's Europa League tie at home to former club Manchester United. Don't miss that one.

And then there was Vinicius Jr.

The Brazilian forward further cemented his claim to the Ballon d'Or with a second-half hat-trick as Real Madrid came from two goals down to win 5-2 at home to Borussia Dortmund - the side they beat in last season's final to win the Champions League.

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Goals from John McGinn and Jhon Duran gave Aston Villa a deserved victory at home to Bologna as Unai Emery's side maintained their 100% start to the new-look Champions League - going top of the table after following up wins against Young Boys and Bayern Munich.

And Mikel Arteta's Arsenal moved up to fourth after making it seven points from a possible nine with a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk.

Gabriel Martinelli's first-half shot, which rebounded back off a post and into the net off Shakhtar goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk, proved enough for the Gunners at the Emirates.

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