Summary

  • Aston Villa beat Arsenal through vital Trezeguet strike

  • Villa out of bottom three for first time since February

  • Villa above 18th-placed Watford on goal difference with one game left

  • Watford into bottom three after 4-0 thrashing by Man City

  • Sterling scores twice, Foden & Laporte also on target

  • Villa, Watford & Bournemouth will fight for survival on final day

  1. Postpublished at 28 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    City try and mix it up with their next corner, playing it short to Phil Foden and his shot is charged down. We're badly needing a spark.

  2. Postpublished at 25 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Kevin de Bruyne's corner is nodded wide by Rodri under pressure. No real danger there though, the Watford defence will fancy that all day.

  3. Postpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Lee Dixon
    Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    City have only had one real decent chance but Watford are closing the midfield down.

    City are in the passing mood but they are not able to break the backline yet.

    Hayden Mullins will be pleased.

  4. Postpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Rodri has played more passes than Watford at this stage.

  5. Postpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Lee Dixon
    Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Watford are doing well when Manchester City are going into the middle, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Will Hughes and Tom Cleverley and coming in and closing the space.

    They may have problems if City then quickly shift it back out wide.

  6. Postpublished at 22 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Rodri sweeps the ball out to Raheem Sterling and we know what's coming, the inverse Robben as he cuts inside on to his right foot and tries to bend it into the far corner. It's well blocked though and someone then gets in the way of Phil Foden's follow-up too.

    Good defending. And we'll have drinks.

  7. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    There's an awfully long way to go of course but as it stands Bournemouth are relegated.

  8. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    When these sides met in September City were already 5-0 up at this stage...

  9. Postpublished at 15 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Roberto Pereyra has touched the ball twice.

  10. Postpublished at 14 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    City pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass. Cleared.

  11. Postpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Lee Dixon
    Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What a save that is, Ben Foster was going one way and Rodri put his laces through it as no-one closed him down.

    Ben Foster was in mid-air when he had to change direction.

  12. GREAT SAVE!published at 11 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Here's a rare Watford attack though - and he should have done more with that! A long throw is not dealt with, just flicked out to the edge of the area and Will Hughes chokes his shot tamely wide.

    Rodri comes straight down the other end and hits a piledriver which is deflected and Ben Foster flies up to make a good save.

  13. Postpublished at 9 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    The familiar pattern of utter Manchester City dominance of the ball in these early stages. Mind you, we've seen Southampton and Arsenal come up against this in recent weeks and still win.

  14. Postpublished at 6 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Good luck with that one. Troy Deeney has the ball for Watford momentarily but he has three men in blue all over him in a flash.

  15. Postpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Lee Dixon
    Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Watford are set up with the four at the back and five in midfield.

    Abdoulaye Doucore is pushing up on Rodri to try and make him force his passes.

  16. Postpublished at 4 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Adrian Mariappa, who must have played under about 75 managers, dives into a challenge on Joao Cancelo that has a whiff of penalty about it but he times it to perfection. And wins a goal-kick too.

  17. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Joao Cancelo is playing on the left for City today, and he's on the ball early on. Watford have all 10 behind the ball and all within sight of the 18-yard line.

  18. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Watford 0-0 Manchester City

    Away we go!

  19. Postpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    He's got his phone on charge.

    Quique Sanchez FloresImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 21 July 2020

    Watford v Manchester City (18:00 BST)

    Lee Dixon
    Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    If this ends up as a ridiculous scoreline, we may see Hayden Mullins getting sacked and Watford ending up with a new manager for their final game against Arsenal!