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The festive season is well and truly underway at Aston Villa and, to celebrate, we’re recounting some of the most famous and impressive goals scored in claret and blue. Throughout the month of December, Aston Villa's Advent Calendar will reveal a goal which has been notched in Villa history by a player wearing the shirt number corresponding to the day of the month – every day up to Christmas Eve. We'll be counting down to Christmas in style, championing some of the best-ever players to pull on our famous colours, and indeed some of the most iconic goals to have ever been scored for our famous club. Opening the 11th window of the Aston Villa Advent Calendar on December 11, is Villa's current No.11, Ollie Watkins... Unai Emery’s Villans were into the final month – and three matches – of the 2024/25 season. Having bounced back from successive defeats with a 1-0 win at home to Fulham, a long trip to the south coast to take on Bournemouth would be their penultimate away game of the campaign. Villa were chasing European football for a third consecutive season and, for Watkins, there was even more jeopardy, as he hunted his own place in the club’s record books. Having netted his 74th Premier League goal for the Villans less than a month prior, the England international was now tied with Gabby Agbonlahor, and just one goal away from becoming the club’s all-time leading Premier League goalscorer. And, on that sunny afternoon at the Vitality Stadium, his moment arrived. The half-time whistle was imminent when Matty Cash won the ball from Antoine Semenyo and Morgan Rogers located the run of Watkins on the centre. The 29-year-old got the faintest touch on his England teammate’s cross to glance into the far corner and spark scenes of jubilation in the away end he celebrated in front of. Watkins had his 75th Premier League goal in claret and blue. The record was his. And not just that, the only goal of the game tied up a crucial 1-0 win on the road which secured Villa’s place in Europe for the third season running. Since then, another three goals have taken his tally up to 78 and counting. Here’s to many more! Enjoy Ollie's record-breaking moment in all its glory below, and keep your eyes peeled throughout the month for the remainder of the Aston Villa Advent Calendar.

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Arsenal feel effects of defensive injuries, Liverpool rue Konaté’s mistakes and Brentford struggle on the road Latest Premier League table | Top scorers When the team sheets landed at Villa Park, Arsenal’s matchday squad again appeared imperious. Their bench included a £64m striker in Viktor Gyökeres, a trio of tricky wingers in Leandro Trossard, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli and arguably England’s most exciting teenagers in Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri. But Arsenal arrived top-heavy, the only centre-back among the substitutes the 16-year-old Marli Salmon. By the time Emiliano Buendía clinched victory for Aston Villa with almost the final kick, it was clear Arsenal lacked the defensive solidity behind their pace-setting start; this defeat was only the fourth time since the start of 2022-23 that Mikel Arteta’s side began a league game without Gabriel Magalhães or William Saliba – and it showed. Cristhian Mosquera, potentially sidelined until the new year, was also absent. The good news for all parties – which probably extends to second-placed Manchester City – is that Arsenal and Villa will duke it out again on 30 December in the reverse fixture. Ben Fisher Continue reading...