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The Premier League is back this evening after three months in hiding due to the coronavirus pandemic.
We will bring you all the key updates of the first match as Sheffield United travel to Aston Villa, before bringing you extensive updates on Manchester City v Arsenal later tonight.
FT: Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
This photo really sums up that match.
FULL-TIME: ASTON VILLA 0-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
That’s it. A poor game to say the least. But the Premier League is back. What more do you want?
The only major incident of the game came in the most bizarre of fashion when referee Michael Oliver’s watch failed to buzz after Villa keeper Orjan Nyland seemed to carry the ball over his own line.
As it ended, both teams share a point.
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
90+4mins: No sign of a goal here. Let’s just wait until the full-time whistle shall we?
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
90 min: There will be four minutes of added time here. Frankly these two teams need 40.
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
89 min: This game has been a bit like when you open your first present on Christmas Day and it’s a pair of knitted socks…
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
86 min: Just a few minutes now for both sides to try and find a winner. The visitors probably look the more likely as they press high up the pitch to win the ball back.
McGoldrick and Mousset prowling outside the box now as they seek to sniff out some space.
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
84 min: Mousset appears to have wriggled through but Grealish is there to sweep up brilliantly.
Been that kind of day for both sets of strikers where the final touch or moment has alluded them.
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
82 min: If Aston Villa stay up by a single point, what will the relegated team say about that ‘goal’ from Sheffield United in the first half?
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
80 min: McBurnie is trudging off for Sheffield United as Lys Mousset comes on to try and find a winner.
Aston Villa 0-0 Sheffield United
Any late drama to come?
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