We could see a landmark goal at Villa Park today.

Man City striker Sergio Aguero is one goal behind Thierry Henry who holds the record for most Premier League goals by a foreign player.

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Evans Njomo: Who remembers when Eddie Howe was linked with the Arsenal coach job before Unai Emery joined? Sadly Bournemouth might go down this season. Same scenario with Stoke who used to survive in the top flight but finally went down.

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BBC Sport at Villa Park

There is a quite incredible statistic around Aston Villa midfielder Danny Drinkwater.

Of his last five games, including today, four have been against Manchester City.

His last Premier League appearance for Chelsea was against City in 2018, his only appearance for the Blues last term was against City in the Community Shield and the last of his two games for Burnley this term was against Pep Guardiola's men.

He has lost the other three.

This is Aston Villa's first league game since striker Wesley was seriously injured at Burnley. Fellow striker Jonathan Kodjia is also out so that means Anwar El Ghazi starts up front.

It won't be the line-up Dean Smith will have wanted to pick against Manchester City.

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Six changes for Aston Villa from the side that started the last Premier League game - a 2-1 win at Burnley on 1 January.

Norwegian keeper Orjan Nyland makes his first Premier League start while midfielder Danny Drinkwater, signed on loan from Chelsea, is starting in the top-flight for the first time since 3 December when he appeared in Burnley's 4-1 home defeat to Manchester City.

Aston Villa XI: Nyland, Konsa, Hause, Mings, Elmohamady, Drinkwater, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane, Taylor, Grealish, El Ghazi.

Substitutes: Chester, Lansbury, Nakamba, Trezeguet, Guilbert, Kalinic, Vassilev.

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Pep Guardiola opts for four changes from the Manchester City team that last started in the Premier League - a 2-1 home win over Everton on 1 January.

Brazilian keeper Ederson returns from suspension while John Stones makes only his ninth league start in defence. Raheem Sterling, who has scored 11 of City's 56 Premier League goals this season, starts on the bench.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Rodri, Fernandinho, Stones, Joao Cancelo, De Bruyne, Silva, Mendy, Mahrez, Aguero, Gabriel Jesus.

Substitutes: Bravo, Walker, Sterling, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Otamendi, Foden.

Shall we look ahead to the second game of the day? Kick-off is in 15 minutes.

Is Pep Guardiola checking out the latest league table on his phone?

If he is then he'll discover Aston Villa have dropped into the relegation zone after Watford's win - and Manchester City SEVENTEEN points behind leaders Liverpool.

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Bournemouth

More from Eddie Howe, speaking to Sky Sports: "The first goal was a big shift, up until then it was two quite even teams. Not a lot in it. We conceded and the second half was a lot more difficult, we dipped, they rose with the confidence.

"I'm not going to blame anybody, we are trying to do the right thing just haven't executed it very well. Confidence, nerves, it is such a key thing - we have been on a difficult run and this week key players have got injured. We had players playing that aren't 100% fit. When you get a setback were not able to lift ourselves in the way we normally would.

"We are not looking free-scoring and when you concede a goal it seems a long way back. We need to focus on both disciplines. The manager always has to take responsibility when things aren't going well. Instilling confidence back to the players is my job."

Karen Carney
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Looking at Eddie Howe on screen, he looks white as a ghost. I really think it's too much of an ask for Bournemouth and I'm very, very worried for them. You have to go and spend big and to be fair, if I'm on the board at Bournemouth, I've already given Howe £75m net to spend in the last two years - and it hasn't really worked. So, if you're worried about going down, are you really going to give him a lot of money to again go and spend? I don't know.

Bournemouth

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe speaking to Match of the Day: "Tough game, we battled and stuck to the game in the first half. It wasn't a great performance from either team before half-time but the goal sucked the life out of us and gave them a boost.

"We needed to do better. We weren't creative enough, similar to recent weeks, and the first goal is a hammer blow for us. It is a team thing and we didn't execute what we wanted, put ourselves under pressure and conceded a poor goal.

"We all learn from those moments and the team has to take responsibility. It was difficult for us today, we had a strong team, good balance, so it's disappointing. We are always concerned when we don't win. We were desperate to do well. The first goal damaged us mentally and we didn't recover. We are in a diff moment and need to lift ourselves."

On his position: "Always looking at whether you are doing good enough, that is something I have to reflect on."

Eddie Howe says he takes responsibility for the situation. He says his side "needs a result very quickly".

Karen Carney
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Watford are in the relegation fight and whatever Nigel Pearson has done - whether it is a bit of a rocket - then it's worked. He knows more than anyone, he's an experienced manager and he's probably got a bit of a good-cop-bad-cop situation going on in there - Craig Shakespeare is probably the one putting the arms around the players whereas Pearson will be getting into them. Whatever the formula is hey have going at Watford, it's working.

Aleksander Pagels: I really want to defend Eddie Howe but I just realized that this defeat vs Watford means they've recently lost to all the five teams just above the bottom 3, and scored a goal in just one of those games. That must be worrying if you're a Bournemouth fan.

Karen Carney
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's about confidence now. I'm looking at every single Bournemouth player, they are all hands on knees, some are on the floor, it's very, very worrying times. How do you pick yourself up from this now? Of course you have to but the confidence has been shot. They have not tested Ben Foster today, not had a chance, defended poorly and Watford, for me, were only in third gear.

Nigel Pearson has taken 13 points from a possible 18 in charge of Watford.

The only game he has lost in charge was his first game at Liverpool.

Mark Mitchener
BBC Sport at Vitality Stadium

The away fans were singing "we can see you sneaking out" when the score was still 2-0, but the Bournemouth supporters began leaving in droves when the third goal went in. The home sections were barely half full by the time Mike Dean blew the final whistle, and - it doesn't happen often here - there were a few boos.