Aston Villa are still in pole position to reach next season's Champions League as they stand five points ahead of Tottenham, who have two games left, and will hope reigning champions and title favourites Manchester City can aid their cause when they play the top-four rivals tonight...

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Aston Villa staged a dramatic late comeback against Liverpool at Villa Park to earn a vital point in the race for fourth place in the Premier League.

Villa could have confirmed Champions League football for the first time with victory and there was a carnival atmosphere before kick-off as Hollywood legend and celebrity supporter Tom Hanks addressed the crowd.

Unai Emery's side looked to be leaving the door open for rivals Tottenham as they trailed 3-1 with five minutes left but two goals from substitute Jhon Duran snatched an unlikely draw.

The early party mood was punctured inside two minutes after a horrendous error by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who somehow fumbled Harvey Elliott's deflected cross into his own net in front of a stunned Holte End.

Villa responded when Youri Tielemans powered home an equaliser after 12 minutes but Liverpool restored their lead as they cut the home defence wide open, Cody Gakpo tapping in Joe Gomez’s cross.

Liverpool made Villa's task even harder when they extended their lead three minutes after the interval, young defender Jarell Quansah towering above Lucas Digne to score his first Premier League goal.

Substitute Duran set up a grandstand finish when his low shot beat Alisson with five minutes left then Villa Park went wild as Moussa Diaby's shot deflected in off the striker.

Read Phil McNulty's full report here.

OK, let's go back to the start then and assess exactly what happened at Aston Villa last night and what impact their 3-3 draw with Liverpool had on the Premier League table, before delving deeper into the reaction...

The Daily Telegraph

We bring our round-up of today's newspapers to a close with a bit of transfer gossip in the Telegraph, which reports that Manchester United midfielders Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes top the wish list for Saudi Pro League sides this summer.

According to the report, swoops for Brazil goalkeepers Alisson, of Liverpool, and Manchester City's Ederson are also being weighed up, along with a bid for Liverpool's Egypt forward Mohamed Salah.

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Daily Mirror

The Mirror reports that France defender William Saliba says the entire Arsenal team will become Tottenham fans tonight.

This is the kind of talk that will be putting Spurs fans on edge, but as manager Ange Postecoglou said, you can't back your own team to lose, can you?

It's hard to imagine with Champions League qualification on the line for Tottenham...

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The Daily Express

The Express back page describes Aston Villa's fightback against Liverpool as "pure box office" and it is fair to say that there are interesting storylines everywhere you look in the Premier League run-in.

The title and Champions League qualification are on the line when Manchester City visit Tottenham tonight, which is set up to be a real blockbuster. But will the game live up to the hype?

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The Guardian

There is a theme emerging in today's sport headlines.

The Guardian has ticked the bases with "Duran Duran" and "squeaky bum time" in there...

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The Daily Star

I have checked the Star's back page headline with an online translation tool, "squeaky butt moment" is what is coming out, but that is close enough.

The back page story suggests that Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola now understands the description provided by Sir Alex Ferguson all those years ago.

It certainly sums up the time of the year perfectly.

Can City handle the nerves at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight? Three Premier League titles in the past three years suggests they probably can, but someone else once said that "football is a funny old game"...you just never know, do you?

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The I

With a name like Jhon Duran, this was a headline waiting to happen.

The i reports on the Colombian striker's late double for Aston Villa, which earned Unai Emery's side a point at home to Liverpool.

They could have sealed Champions League qualification with a win over the Reds, but looked destined to lose before Duran weighed in with goals in the 85th and 88th minutes.

Villa's place in Europe's top tier next season will be confirmed tonight, if Tottenham fail to win at home to title-chasing Manchester City.

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The Times

We start with a popular theme from Monday's news conference as the Times reports on Ange Postecoglou's insistence that Tottenham supporters should not be cheering their own team to lose tonight against Manchester City.

Of course, victory for Spurs would hand the initiative in the title race to arch rivals Arsenal, but Tottenham need a victory to maintain their challenge for Champions League qualification.

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Please stay with us throughout the morning, which will also include a Lionesses squad announcement before their Euro 25 qualifiers, as well as Premier League news conferences from the Newcastle, Manchester United, Chelsea and Brighton camps.

We will kick off with all the reaction from Villa Park following a quick look at this morning's national newspapers...

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All eyes move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as the Premier League title race enters its end game.

Can Manchester City win to retain control of their destiny as they aim for an unprecedented fourth consecutive title?

Or will Spurs keep alive their challenge for a top-four place with a victory that would hand rivals Arsenal the initiative as they hunt a first title since 2004?

Fourth-placed Aston Villa opened the door for Tottenham on Monday night in the race for Champions League qualification after dropping points in a 3-3 draw at home to Liverpool.

But two late goals from Jhon Duran gave Unai Emery's side a five-point cushion over Spurs, who have two games remaining.

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