Summary

  • Pulisic with 'perfect' hat-trick for Chelsea, Willian adds fourth

  • Rodriguez stunner and McNeil strike late on for Burnley

  • Digne's injury-time own goal gives Brighton dramatic win over Everton

  • Brighton have penalty first to be awarded by VAR after not given by on-pitch referee

  • Snodgrass finishes breakaway goal for West Ham, Mousset levels for Sheff Utd

  • Watford v Bournemouth - goalless & uneventful game

  • Man City move within three points of leaders Liverpool by beating Villa

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston and Emma Sanders

  1. Grealish craving an England call

    Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

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    Jack Grealish (second left) captained Villa to victory in the Championship play-off final last season

    Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish says he wants to "get himself into the England team" following an impressive start to the Premier League season.

    Grealish, 24, represented the Republic of Ireland at youth level but declared himself available for England in 2015.

    He played seven times for England Under-21s, but is yet to receive a call-up to the senior squad.

    "As soon as I got to grips with the Premier League, I feel I have been performing much better," said Grealish.

    "Personally I want to get myself into the England team and finish with as many goals and assists as possible."

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    Keith Strachan: Nightmare train journeys from the south today for Man City v Aston Villa. Stuck on a train .... many empty seats today I think.

  3. 'City back to their best'

    Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    Tony Pulis
    Former Stoke and West Brom manager on BBC Radio 5 Live

    You can’t write Man City off. They have done it, they know how to win the title.

    Last week against Crystal Palace they were at times back to their best. On their day they are an absolutely fantasic team.

    Whoever Pep Guariola plays, wherever they play, they are great players and can handle it.

  4. Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    Chris Bevan
    BBC Sport at Etihad Stadium

    It is just over a year since Dean Smith’s first game in charge of Aston Villa, a 1-0 win over Swansea when his side were 15th in the Championship.

    Now they are 12th in the Premier League and only two survivors from that Swansea game start against the defending champions - John McGinn and Jack Grealish.

    With seven points from their last three games, it seems as if Villa’s new-look side and their manager are adapting to the top-flight but how will Smith prepare them for their biggest test to date?

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    Aguero on the bench again? Does Guardiola not have a fantasy Premier League team?

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  7. 'City are not super-human'

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    Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith on Manchester City: "They are a top team with an unbelievable winning record in the Premier League over the last two or three seasons, but they've shown they're not infallible.

    "We're not taking on a super-human team, although they look like it at times. It's a team that can make mistakes, and when they make mistakes you've got to punish them."

  8. Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    This is your half hour warning!

    Excited Villa fans or nervous? Will John Stones help City keep a clean sheet? Will the sun make an appearance?

    Let me know #bbcfootball

  9. 'Good to see Villa back'

    Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    Steve Wilson
    Match of the Day commentator at Etihad Stadium

    Manchester City - playing a day earlier - get the chance to reduce the arrears on Liverpool to just three points.

    Defeat, if it is to be a defeat, should not detract from the exceptional job which Dean Smith has done in his 12 months in charge of Aston Villa.

    Last October he took over a side in the middle of a sequence of one win in seven games which left them 16th in the Championship.

    Now they don't look out of place in the Premier League - and it's good to have a club of their standing and stature back.

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  10. When Villa were a culture club

    Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    Chris Bevan
    BBC Sport at Etihad Stadium

    The 1990s were not the greatest time to be a Manchester City fan so maybe it’s a good idea that Aston Villa have decided to dress like they did during that decade today.

    That means no claret and blue, and a debut for their new ’throwback' third kit, a green, black and red number - which might remind some of you of the days from 1993 to 1995 when Dean Saunders and Dalian Atkinson were tearing up Premier League defences... and they were sponsored by a yoghurt.

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  11. Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

    John Terry and Brian Kidd are deep in conversation on the side of the pitch as the rain continues to chuck it down.

    Neither have hoods. Or gloves. Hard...

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    I did Newcastle and Swansea in back to back in 2014 in Leicester's return to Prem. Lost both, didn't look like scoring. We've come a long way since!

    Gavin from Leicester.

    Went to a Brighton game for the first time back at Withdean, sat in the open stand, it chucked it down with rain all afternoon, got absolutely soaked, the game ended 1-1 against Luton!

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  13. Football Focus

    Football Focus, 12:00 BST, BBC One

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    Former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin is one of the guests on Football Focus which includes a preview of the early game at Manchester City.

    Villa captain Jack Grealish tells the programme in an interview conducted by Villa fan and England cricket international Chris Woakes about his favourite memories at the club.

    Ex-Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson is also on the show which is presented by Eilidh Barbour.

    Tune in from 12:00 BST on BBC One.

  14. Too soon?

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  15. 'It's coming home'

    Plenty of footballers had their eye on the oval ball this morning...

    Full reaction to England's 19-7 victory over New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final here.

    5 Live will revert to the round ball from 12:00 BST.

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  16. From Blackburn to Roma?

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    I can't decide what my favourite football story of the week is.

    It's either the news that Jack Rodwell - 21 Championship appearances for Blackburn last season - has been in Rome to discuss a move to Roma.

    Or the two Liverpool fans who missed their side's Champions League win over Belgian side Genk on Wednesday - because they travelled to Ghent by mistake.

    Rob, from London, and Lee, from Leicester, spent around £200 each on train and match tickets only to mistakenly end up 95 miles from where the match was being played.

    Read more about their magical mystery tour here.

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    Ideozu-Frank Sampson: Happened to me in 2007. I went to watch our local derby between Dolphins FC vs Sharks FC for the first time. Was a Dolphins fan, and we were spanked 4-0 to mark my debut as a local team supporter! Consolation? We went to win the Nigerian Premiere League that season!

  18. How things stand...

    Man City v Aston Villa (12:30 BST)

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    Ahead of the weekend's Premier League action, here's how the top of the Premier League lies...

    Leicester catapulted themselves into second place with their demolition of Southampton on Friday night, though, Manchester City will return to second if they beat Aston Villa in Saturday's early kick-off.

    Liverpool will hope to continue their unbeaten start at the summit when they face Tottenham on Sunday, while Chelsea face a tricky trip to Burnley in today's late game.

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    And at the bottom...

    The Saints' goal difference took a hammering last night which meant they dropped into the relegation zone, with Newcastle, who face Wolves tomorrow, leapfrogging them into 17th.

    Watford sit rock bottom and will look to build on last week's positive draw at Spurs when they play Bournemouth at 15:00 BST, while Norwich are searching for a first win in four when they host Manchester United on Sunday.

  19. Get Involved - worst footballing nightmares

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    Does the Villa match a few weeks ago count as a nightmare? If not, the time when we went to Fulham needing a result to stay up and lost 6-0. Classic Norwich.

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  20. Radio 5 Live

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    Radio 5 Live will have updates from Manchester City against Aston Villa before full commentary from the 15:00 BST game between Brighton and Everton.

    Sports Report follows at 17:00 while Alistair Bruce-Ball and Chris Sutton will be taking your calls from 18:00 on 606.