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the in villa park last night said uae -- ufo must now act.— in villa park last night said uae -- ufouse if - ufo must now act. the club and ufo must address this because if this - must address this because if this goes forward in a way that is unjust, it could end up in people being seriously injured if not potentially killed. i would argue there were life—threatening situations that the police had to confront underground last night. across europe, brighton fans were so the knockout stages of the europa league when they were inadvertently affected by tear gas as greek police to deal with disorder among the home supporters. tear gas can cause difficulty breathing and left some distress. tote difficulty breathing and left some distress. ~ �* . ., difficulty breathing and left some distress. ~ �* . difficulty breathing and left some distress. �* ., y distress. we didn't come close any trouble but — distress. we didn't come close any trouble but we _ distress. we didn't come close any trouble but we still _ distress. we didn't come close any trouble but we still got _ distress. we didn't

ian. >> okay, jack carson thanks for that from villa park . that update from villa park.eal with pair and they need to deal with this. they're always dishing out advice and chastising particularly british clubs. but this is the real problem here. these lads, wherever they go, they're causing trouble. they need to be booted out of this tournament. they to be tournament. they need to be booted europe . they won't booted out of europe. they won't change where it change until they hit where it huns change until they hit where it hurts hardest, and that hurts them the hardest, and that is wallet and the club's is in the wallet and the club's coffers . then the club might coffers. then the club might take some responsibility. and isn't it funny how football hoougans isn't it funny how football hooligans ? it's called the hooligans? it's called the engush hooligans? it's called the english disease and yet we're seeing far worse now. often times in eastern europe. and they specify basically came to birmingham last night trying to kick off with villa fans. they were prevented from

as all eyes turn to villa park in just over an hour's time. l — themselves hoping to return back to the top later. villa beat champions manchester city earlier in the week, with unai emery taking on his former side looking for their 15th home win in a row. we have to be happy and we have to be focused. and the match on wednesday is finished. we enjoyed at that moment with our supporters in villa park. but now, we have to focus 100% on the match tomorrow. and again, it's a big challenge, a great moment. but very focused aid our professional work for tomorrow. it's great what unai i and the coaching staff have done, the way they have turned things around, the way they play. yeah, they will be a really tough opponent. it's a great place to go, one of my favourite grounds. a very english ground, great atmosphere to play football. it is going to be a big chance for us. in the bundesliga bayern munich are struggling against eintracht franfurt — the champions are currently 5—1 down with about with around less than 10 minutes left in the game. bayern a

the fence here at villa park are loving what is happening the season. could not only challenge for the top four, but also a win for villa might only take them top for under 2a hours because this people making comparisons with leicester city. hat people making comparisons with leicester city.— leicester city. not quite as profound- _ leicester city. not quite as profound- - _ leicester city. not quite as profound. . a _ leicester city. not quite as profound. . a real- leicester city. not quite as profound. . a real step - leicester city. not quite as profound. . a real step up| leicester city. not quite as . profound. . a real step up still leicester city. not quite as - profound. . a real step up still for unai emery, you mentioned how he has been doing, how can he turn them into title competitors? he been doing, how can he turn them into title competitors?— been doing, how can he turn them into title competitors? he talked to the -la er into title competitors? he talked to the player is _ into title competitors? he talked to the player is an _ into tit

our midlands correspondent phil mackie is at villa park now.ion, what can you tell us?— what can you tell us? yes, and i have been _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to - what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to the - what can you tell us? yes, and i l have been speaking to the police this morning, who say that this was almost unprecedented in recent years the of violence that happened outside the game last night. this was a europa conference league game against legia warsaw and there had been a dispute in the run—up to the game about the allocation of tickets for the polish fans. they were unhappy, and they were even more unhappy, and they were even more unhappy when the authorities restricted that to just over 1000 tickets. but according to police, those were given to legia warsaw in the afternoon yesterday, fans were told to come here to pick them up, but for some reason they were not given to them, that is what sparked the violent disorder, and that is wh

there were more than 30 arrests as police clashed with legia supporters before kick—off at villa parkn thursday, and four officers were injured. patrick gearey reports. west midlands police knew there could be troubled before last night's match, but still they couldn't entirely contain the violence that broke out from some of the visiting legia warsaw supporters. angry at having reduced allocation of tickets. in the words of one aston villa fan, all hell broke loose. in round one hour of sustained trouble, for police officers were injured and police dogs and horses were also hurt. officers say it is the worst violence they have seen in years. what we encountered were unacceptable scenes last night with really high levels of violence by away fans towards police and i'm really proud of the policing operation and the bravery that was demonstrated by the officers involved in the operation. this was the damage _ involved in the operation. this was the damage this _ involved in the operation. this was the damage this morning. - involved in the operation. this was the damage this morning. be

they played villa park last night. just horribwarsaw. now ey played villa park last night.aw. now legia warsaw legia warsaw. now legia warsaw have got a terrace reputation with their fans because, again in in holland recently i said alkmaar they did it against leicester . so anyway, what was leicester. so anyway, what was decided before the game was that the allocation was going to be reduced from 2000 down to 1000 because they knew what they were going to expect , right? so then going to expect, right? so then this happened outside and then no support . letters from legia no support. letters from legia warsaw were allowed into villa park, what so ever . now the park, what so ever. now the actual club has come out this is warsaw. and they're saying, well, the reason this has happenedis well, the reason this has happened is because was the allocation. and that's what they're protesting about. and it's actually that's nonsense, because a month ago it because this was a month ago it was announced. so this is a lot of fans. they're going over to cause and that's cause trouble.

flares and missiles were thrown by legia fans, as they clashed near villa park, leaving four police officers a0 people are now in custody, according to west midlands police. away fans were banned from entering the ground over safety fears, triggered, seemingly, over restrictions on the numbers being allowed tickets for the game, reduced to just over a thousand. uefa say they're gathering reports before deciding next steps. to the women's game, where it's a big night for england's lionesses, as they welcome the netherlands to wembley in the women's nations league. sarina wiegman�*s side have to win, to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb — england currently sit three points behind the netherlands, who are top of the group, and wiegman hopes that her side can use the experience of regularly playing big matches at wembley to their advantage. i think it is really good to have experience. you know, when you have experience, it is not all new. and i think that helps top athletes to perform at the highest level. so lots of players have been there, have done it

this time tomorrow they'll be into the second half at villa park where the home side will be playing manchester city mid—week, aston villa are enjoying their best start to a season since 1980 and victory over arsenal would move them to within a point of the current league leaders. tomorrow's game is the focus of the latest edition of the bbc�*s football news show. cracking game that should be aston villa versus arsenal being third versus top. that is what we have got. seven teams are going to villa park and the primarily because season, all have left empty handed. unai emery winning overfans in the west midlands. unai emery winning over fans in the west midlands.— unai emery winning over fans in the west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching — west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching staff _ west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching staff for _ west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching staff for the _ west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching staff for the work - west midlands. huge to them and to the coaching staff for the work that l the coaching staff

expect and demand a committed performance because if not, you can get pulled apart at places like villa park. india's women have built a sizeable first innings weed in mumbai. they bowled us out for 219 on day one. by day two, they raised 276 — seven. —— three 76—7. then a fantastic century partnership for the eighth wicket. he is going to appeal the... he wore a black armband on day one for a personal bereavement and not in support of civilians in gaza. the batter had intended to wear shoes which featured messages including freedom is a human right but he opted not to after the icc said that would be against regulations. the icc asked me _ would be against regulations. tue: icc asked me what would be against regulations. tte: icc asked me what it was for and i said a personal bereavement. i never stated it was for anything else. the shoes were a different matter, i'm happy to say that. but the armband made no sense to me. ifollowed happy to say that. but the armband made no sense to me. i followed all regulations and past presidents. people have put stickers on their backs and names on thei

arrancamos en el villa park, donde el aston villa, que venía de ganarle al city, se enfrentó al líder las acciones de este partido porque iba a venir primero el crystal palace 52. iba a venir esta falta del pase por la izquierda para jean philippe, el la jugada se iba a revisar en el bar. me parece muy obvia. ahí había penal y el mismo matt la cobraba para poner el 1 a 0 para los hijos del crystal palace. después al 75 en este centro por derecha, el rebote le iba a quedar a curtis jones y este iba a encontrar a mohamed salah y el egipcio la mandaba a guardar para poner el empate y al 90, cuando el tiempo moría, harvey elliot le pegaba así. golazo. 2 a 1 lo ganó el liverpool y es ahora y solo por ahora, el líder de la premier. vamos entonces al partido entre el manchester united y el vermut. al minuto 4 louis cook se iba a ganar este balón. iba a correr en medio de toda la defensa del united, se lo ponía a dominique blanc y este ponía el 1 a 0 del vermut. después al 64, marcus tavernier iba a sacar este centro que encontraba la cabeza de philip billings y los del vermut iban arriba, 2

. >> four police officers were hurt in clashes with away fans near villa park . near villa park. >> westfollowing statement. it says we've made more than 30 arrests as officers were injured during serious disorder involving away fans outside villa park this evening. we were faced with disgusting and highly dangerous scenes as trouble flared ahead of the fixture between aston villa and legia warsaw with our reporter jack carson is at villa park for us now. >> jack, the pictures last night looks horrific . a scene out of looks horrific. a scene out of a film, almost lots of violence and disorder going . on and disorder going. on >> yeah, it really was . >> yeah, it really was. >> yeah, it really was. >> of course, you know, legia warsaw as fans particularly have had some form in the past for particularly with their away games causing and causing trouble. it was only last month in their game against dutch side ak alkmaar that actually the uefa actually then subsequently banned their fans because a number of dutch, dutch police officers were injured . of officers were injured. of course, whe

as all eyes turn to villa park in a few hours' time with aston villa, the league's in—form side, hostings manchester city earlier in the week. we have to be happy and we have to be focused. and the match on wednesday is finished. we enjoyed at that moment with our supporters in villa park. but now, we have to focus 100% on the match tomorrow. and again, it's a big challenge, a great moment. but very focused aid our professional work for tomorrow. it's great what unai i and the coaching staff have done, the way they have turned things around, the way they play. yeah, they will be a really tough opponent. it's a great place to go, one of my favourite grounds. a very english ground, great atmosphere to play football. it is going to be a big chance for us. he might be 38 years young, but the evergreen cristiano ronaldo shows no signs of taking it easy. he made it 1200 professsional appearances on friday, and celebrated with a goal, for saudi club, al nasser, as they won again. the five time ballon d'or winner thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark tony finau and nelly korda

premier league and stopped arsenal returning to the top of the table after a hard—fought 1—0 win at villa parknth minute thanks to captain john mcginn, with his fourth league goal of the season. the win for villa means they are just a point behind the gunners, who are second, a point behind liverpool. liverpool the new leaders following the comeback against palace. what a run from villa, a couple of points behind. manchester united in sixth, they have not drawn in the league this season. chris wilder's off the mark with sheffield united. he got his first win since taking the helm again this week with victory over brentford. manchester city loanee james mcatee scored the only goal of the game, with a superbly taken goal in first—half stoppage time. wilder's side hung on for the win, which lifts them level on points with burnley, but still bottom of the table, and just their second victory of the season. small steps. we've obviously got a week to work. not getting carried away, but so many times, especially for this football club this season, where we have had poor days. this is one to be celebr

five police officers were injured in clashes with away fans near villa park in birmingham on thursdayled the distribution of up to 1,000 tickets to away supporters for the game. legia dispute that and blame what they call aston villa's "actions and inactions" for the violence. next to tennis — tallon griekspoor has reached the final of the macau masters in china after beating america's taylor fritz in straight sets. fritz, the world number 10, at the bottom of your screen, lost the first set with a double fault, going down 6—3 and the dutch player griekspoor, who's just outside the world's top 20, proved relentless in the second, wasting no time to win it with the loss ofjust one game. and awaiting him in the final will be croatia's borna coric who beat the home favourite zhizhen zhang in straight sets, 6—1 6—4. on friday — rafael nadal confirmed he'll return to competitive tennis at the brisbane international next month after almost a year out with injury. he's previously said he plans to retire at the end of the 2024 season. after his defeat, taylor fritz was asked about nadal�*s co

five police officers were injured in clashes with away fans near villa park in birmingham on thursdays' mishandled the distribution of up to 1,000 tickets to away supporters for the game. legia dispute that and blame what they call aston villa's "actions and inactions" for the violence. bangladesh's cricketers have made history on saturday — winning their first home test match against new zealand. they've got left—arm spinner taijul islam to thank, his 10 wicket haul helping the tigers to victory in sylhet. he claimed 6—75 in the second innings as new zealand were dismissed for 181, bangladesh winning by 150 runs. the second match of the two—test series starts in mirpur on wednesday. for more on these and other sports stories. ronnie 0'sullivan's semi final against hossein vafaei has just got underway at the uk snooker championship. you can follow the latest on the bbc sport website. live to the middle east. tracks couldn't go _ live to the middle east. tracks couldn't go through _ live to the middle east. tracks couldn't go through to - live to the middle east. tracks couldn't go thr

villa left it late but a late douglas luiz penalty against 10—man burnley gave them a 3—2 win at villa parkl at the top of the premier league. both have 42 points but liverpool have a superior goal difference and a game in hand to come against newcastle united on new year's day. through the match, they were close to get something and we needed to push it a push in the last minute but we were playing and trying to continue building, doing passes, trying to get that best motion to get the box and then we got the penalty and it was fantastic. and even winning at the last moment, with some emotion, it is important. talking of the top of the table, defending champions manchester city also closed the gap to the leaders liverpool with a 2—0 win over sheffield united. elsewhere, wolves were comfortable winners against everton. crystal palace eased the pressure on their manager roy hodgson with a 3—1win over brentford, and chelsea held on to win 3—2 against luton. rangers have contacted the scottish fa about an incident in their 2—1 defeat to celtic to ask why no penalty was awarded, despite a clear

time to bring you a quick update on the match at villa park — villa have equalised in the dying momentschristmas forecast coming up in just a moment, first of all, i thought we'd start off with these rare nacreous clouds that are once again being spotted overhead in the uk. these form really high in the earth's atmosphere — between 13—19 miles above the ground. that's 2—3 times the height of which aeroplanes fly at and you need temperatures in this part of the atmosphere to be at —78 celsius or even colder. normally, that really cold air is concentrated around our polar regions, but right now it's moved a bit further southwards. and it's cold enough across the uk for next week or two to see some of these rare clouds. best chance before sunrise or just after sunset, so eyes to the skies. further down in the atmosphere, we've got this mild flow of air to take us through the rest of the night. it will be quite a damp night across western areas. some heavy rain for western scotland. as that rain band bumps into the cold air across northern scotland, some of it turns to snow. could bring som

all eyes at villa park later, where aston villa could make it 15 home wins in a row.burnley. sheffield united, the league's bottom side, are home to brentford. wolves play nottingham forest. and for manchester united — they could go level on points with rivals manchester city who are fourth — with a win over bournemouth at old trafford. we've had our setbacks, especially at the start of the season a lot of things were against us, injuries, decisions and sometimes are just as a team we had to deal with that. you see the character of the team will be far back and we are in better form and the performances are increasing as a team and as individuals. he might be 38 years old — but cristiano ronaldo seems to show no sign of slowing down. ronaldo's made it 1200 professsional appearances on friday, and celebrated with a goal for his saudi club, al—nassr, as they won again. the five—time ballon d'or winner thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark, but added that he was "not done yet". games in the bundesliga today, but how about this to set the standard? the

expect and demand a committed performance because if not, you can get pulled apart at places like villa parkdia's women have built a sizeable first innings lead in the one—off test against australia in mumbai. they'd bowled the tourists out for 219 on day one and by the close of day 2 had reached 376—7. that's a 157—run lead. there were half centuries from mandhana, ghosh and rodrigues, and a fantastic century partnership for the eighth wicket between deepti and vastrakar. it could be a pretty miserable christmas for detroit pistons and theirfans... defeat to utah jazz means they are one more loss away from equalling the record for the longest losing streak in an nba season. they were beaten 119—111, their 25th straight loss, and that prompted chants of "sell the team!" from home supporters in detroit. the pistons finished bottom of the eastern conference last season, and unsurprisingly they are bottom of it again. they have to win at the nets on christmas eve or they willjoin the cavs and the 76'ers on 26 defeats in a row in the same season and that's all the sport for now. let's turn to su

we'll be at villa park where sheffield united are the visitors on a night when victory can take astonthe premier league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the united nations security council has passed a resolution to address the continuing conflict in gaza and the appalling conditions faced by around 2 million people there. it follows days of argument at the un in new york. the resolution calls on asians to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities and the unhindered delivery of assistance to gaza —— calls on nations. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live, not in the world that we want, and we will never tire in pushing for a full humanitarian ceasefire. in a dramatic intervention, russia had attempted to amend the wording again — by reverting back to a call for an immediate ceasefire. something supported by most nations. the ship was not un ambassa

english footy fans getting a bad rep that they don't now last night, 46 people were arrested outside villa parkween aston villa and legia warsaw after violence broke out. some of the scenes were absolutely disgraceful . all absolutely disgraceful. all police officers were attacked . police officers were attacked. there were being lit. there were flares being lit. there were flares being lit. there was missiles thrown there was missiles being thrown into the crowd. it was terrible for officers were injured in the clashes with crucially away fans. foreign football thugs. west midlands police said that their officers who had flares thrown at them, amongst other stuff, were faced with disgusting and highly dangerous scenes from fans polish scenes from fans of the polish club . now we do seem to see club. now we do seem to see engush club. now we do seem to see english football fans get such a bad reputation all over the world. i mean, this specific bout of violence has been attributed to their side visiting villa park. but you know, football hooliganism is always associated with the engush always a

the violence outside villa park last night was the worst police had seen at a football match in more ston villa fixture against the polish side legia warsaw, after violence erupted when about 1,000 away supporters weren't given tickets. all the people arrested were warsaw fans. our correspondent phil mackie is at the ground. this erupted 2a hours ago ahead of aston villa's europa conference league match last night. 1000 legia warsaw fans were gathered here, the club officials had been given them but didn't distribute them and that's why webster midlands police believe the violence began and that led to running battles along this road. some of the pictures show how bad things got. four officers were hurt, one suffered smoke inhalation, two police dogs were hurt, 46 legia warsaw fans were arrested for various offences including violent disorder, weapons offences and assaulting police officers. the good news for aston villa fans on the pitch was that they won the match and will qualify for the knockout stages of the conference week. the bad news is the violence cast a shadow. uefa said i

english footy fans getting a bad rep that they don't now last night, 46 people were arrested outside villa park and legia warsaw after violence broke out. some of the scenes were absolutely disgraceful . all absolutely disgraceful. all police officers were attacked . police officers were attacked. there were being lit. there were flares being lit. there were flares being lit. there was missiles thrown there was missiles being thrown into the crowd. it was terrible for officers were injured in the clashes with crucially away fans. foreign football thugs. west midlands police said that their officers who had flares thrown at them, amongst other stuff, were faced with disgusting and highly dangerous scenes from fans polish scenes from fans of the polish club . now we do seem to see club. now we do seem to see engush club. now we do seem to see english football fans get such a bad reputation all over the world. i mean, this specific bout of violence has been attributed to their side visiting villa park. but you know, football hooliganism is always associated with the engush always associated with t

can move back to the top, but a huge task ahead, against the league's in—form club aston villa at villa parkord 15th consecutive home win. it is into the second half and the home side are leading since the seventh minute. john mcginn with the goal. his fourth of the season. a win for villa would leave them a point behind the gunners and would make the title race ever more interesting. 51 minutes gone, we will keep you updated. chris wilder's off the mark with sheffield united. he got his first win since taking the helm again this week with victory over brentford. manchester city loanee james mcatee scored the only goal of the game, with a superbly taken goal in first—half stoppage time. wilder's side hung on for the win, which lifts them level on points with burnley, but still bottom of the table, and just their second victory of the season. small steps. we've obviously got a week to work. not getting carried away, but so many times, especially for this football club this season, where we have had poor days. this is one to be celebrated, like we will do. then we move on to chelsea. during th

there were more than 30 arrests as police clashed with legia supporters before kick—off at villa park

flares and missiles were thrown by legia fans as they clashed with police near villa park, leaving fourpeople are now in custody. away fans were banned from entering the ground over safety fears, triggered, seemingly, over restrictions on the numbers being allowed tickets for the game, reduced to just over a thousand for them. uefa say they're gathering reports, before deciding next steps. to the women's game, where it's a big night for england's lionesses, as they welcome the netherlands to wembley in the women's nations league. sarina wiegman�*s side have to win, to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb. england currently sit three points behind the netherlands, who are top of the group, and wiegman hopes that her side can use the experience of regularly playing big matches at wembley to their advantage. i think it's really good to have experiences. you know, when you have experience, it's not all new, and i think that helps top athletes to perform at the highest level. so lots of players have been there, have done it, i would say, so it's not new,

we enjoyed at that moment with our supporters in villa park.hallenge, a great moment. but very focused aid our professional work for tomorrow. it is great what you and i and the coaching — it is great what you and i and the coaching staff have done, the way they have — coaching staff have done, the way they have turned things around, the way they— they have turned things around, the way they play. yeah, they will be a really _ way they play. yeah, they will be a really tough opponent. it's a great place _ really tough opponent. it's a great place to— really tough opponent. it's a great place to go. one of my favourite grounds — place to go. one of my favourite grounds a — place to go. one of my favourite grounds. a very english ground, great _ grounds. a very english ground, great atmosphere to play football. it is going — great atmosphere to play football. it is going to be a big chance for us. tony finau and nelly korda are leading after the first round of the grant thornton invitational. it's the first mixed event between the pga and lpga to

later kick—offs, the two of them at the bottom of your screen, around 15 minutes on the clock at villa park0—0 between the champions and it is 0—0 between the champions and aston villa, while over at old trafford, bruno fernandes put 0—0. meanwhile, newcastle with be without their goalkeeper for the rest of the season. he needs shoulder surgery and is expected to be after four months after he dislocated it in there whenever manchester united on saturday. manager eddie howe said there is still a chance he could return in time to play a part for england in the european championship year. the football association has also complained about —— sunak its emerged that the football association has also complained about the behaviour of former spanish football federation president luis rubiales. rubiales was banned from the sport for three years after his behaviour at the 2023 women's world cup final which included "forceably" kissing spanish player jenni hermoso without her consent at the presentation ceremony. fa chair debbie hewitt, seen on the right of rubiales, told a fifa disciplinary hearing

next up this evening they faced the lasting they lost two in the leg at villa park, leaders, arsenal.ach targets and he was sacked. the express that in the premier— and he was sacked. the express that in the premier league _ and he was sacked. the express that in the premier league a _ and he was sacked. the express that in the premier league a dozen i and he was sacked. the express that in the premier league a dozen were| in the premier league a dozen were important. always try to get the best professionals around me, trying to add me more things, a point of view. —— the experiences that i got. the experiences that i have some of the most important, howl the experiences that i have some of the most important, how i approach things in the future. the most important, howi approach things in the future.— things in the future. victory would narrow the — things in the future. victory would narrow the gap — things in the future. victory would narrow the gap to _ things in the future. victory would narrow the gap to arsenal - things in the future. victory would narrow the gap to arsenal to

five police officers were injured in clashes with away fans near villa park in birmingham on thursdayn of up to 1,000 tickets to away supporters for the game. legia dispute that and blame what they call aston villa's "actions and inactions" for the violence. in tennis, the final of the masters. fritz, the world number 10 losing the first two sets with a double fault, going down 6—3. a loss of just one game. and in the final will be croatia... on friday, rafa nadal reveals he will be returning to tennis after a year out with injuries. he said previously he intends to retire at the end of 2024. he will be unseeded. anyone can play him in _ he will be unseeded. anyone can play him in the _ he will be unseeded. anyone can play him in the first round. it will be pretty— him in the first round. it will be pretty crazy. it's rafa nadal... even _ pretty crazy. it's rafa nadal... even if— pretty crazy. it's rafa nadal... even if he _ pretty crazy. it's rafa nadal... even if he is a bit rusty, he will still— even if he is a bit rusty, he will still be — even if he is a bit rusty, he will still

trouble was triggered by tensions over restrictions on the number of legia warsaw fans allowed in to villa parkatch days elsewhere involving legia warsaw fans. aston villa said they had repeatedly raised concerns with uefa and legia warsaw, over the last week. about the prospect of trouble and ticketless away fans trying to get into villa park. west midlands police said missiles and flares were thrown at officers. about an hour before kick off. it led to those four injuries and 39 arrests. the travelling supporters were subsequently barred from enterring the stadium. the polish side had been told four weeks ago that their ticket allocation would be reduced to just over a thousand, because of previous trouble caused by legia fans, but the polish side accused aston villa of restricting access to theirfans, and called the move "counterproductive and baseless". aston villa have now, condemned the behaviour and thanked the police for their professionalism. well on the pitch, villa had already qualified for the knock out stages, but alex moreno gave them a 2—1 victory, that put them top of their grou

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flares and missiles were thrown at police as the legia fans were held in a coach park near villa's stadium in to the game. well, on the pitch, alex moreno returned from a six—month out through injury to score the winnerfor already qualified villa, who have now moved ahead of legia warsaw at the top of group e. and you can find all the full results and details of all the action on the bbc sport website. looking to international football, where there are two rounds of games remaining in the women's nations league group stage. scotland are away to belgium and wales are at home to iceland, both of those teams looking to avoid relegation into league b. northern ireland, they're in albania. they could still secure promotion to league a via the play—offs. but for england, there is a crucial game against the netherlands at wembley. jo currie has all the details from st georges park. the lionesses find themselves in a sticky situation. they're third in their women's nations league group with two games still to play. qualification for next summer's olympic games is currently out of their own hands.

the action unfold about villa park as a frenetic pace, captainjohn mcginn firing them in front injustdball. watching from the director's box because of a touch line band, mikel arteta could not believe what he was seeing. do you have any frustrations with decisions against you or is it not something you comment on? it’s not something you comment on? it's clear and not something you comment on? it�*s clear and obvious. not something you comment on? it's clear and obvious. in _ not something you comment on? it's clear and obvious. in what _ not something you comment on? it's clear and obvious. in what way? i clear and obvious. in what way? should have _ clear and obvious. in what way? should have had _ clear and obvious. in what way? should have had something i clear and obvious. in what way? should have had something and| should have had something and didn't? i should have had something and didn't? ., should have had something and didn't? . ., , ., didn't? i leave it to your interpretation. - didn't? i leave it to your interpretation. when i didn't? i leave it to your| interpretation.

so far at villa park. city drawn three villa park. man city drawn three on the bounce.ty. >> i'm going with man city. >> i'm going with man city. >> with man city >> are you going with man city with the angry viking, the away win. going with the away win. and haaland. it's hard. and erling haaland. it's hard. >> draw. >> it's hard draw. >> it's hard draw. >> it's hard to vote against them. >> yeah, yeah. manchester united. which united. chelsea. which is the huge for tonight. huge game for you tonight. >> well, three points. >> well, that's three points. >> well, that's three points. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> points. >> home, three points. >> home, three points. >> three points. i'm >> oh, home three points. i'm glad to hear playing in that haven't you. >> i yes. yes. >>- >> i yes. yes. >> that's secret information, but no one knows. >> that's secret information, but butone knows. >> that's secret information, butbut it's knows. >> that's secret information, butbut it's exciting. >> but it's exciting. >> but it's exciting. >> you might see rashford >> you might see m

. >> so the director's >> so isn't the director's box at promised at villa park?o be on his best behaviour. i mean, there is an etiquette in these box. i've been these directors box. i've been a few a certain tie. few myself. it's a certain tie. usually and smart shoes, and i don't know if he'll be able to. i yeah. i don't think i don't. yeah. i don't think he'll able to climb over and he'll be able to climb over and celebrate and start fist pumping if winner at if arsenal get a late winner at aston villa. >> now, who's who's behaving like love this. >> now, who's who's behaving like is love this. >> now, who's who's behaving like is good.this. >> now, who's who's behaving like is good. i've got >> this is good. i've got another headline for in another headline for you in a moment. yeah. so look, manchester city beaten by aston villa on wednesday at villa villa on on wednesday at villa park comprehensively, despite the only one the fact that it was only one nil. he's basically nil. and he's basically saying that this this is their that this is a this is their wors

sheffield united, who did what manchester city and arsenal couldn't do and take something away from villa parkvan barneveld — or �*barney,’ as he's known — is through to the third round of the world darts at alexandra palace. he's now 56 now and rolled back the years as he averaged nearly 100 each go as he beat poland's radek szaganski by three sets to one. next to a place where it's always a white christmas, the dolomites of italy, where great britain's dave ryding has ended 2023 how it started — with a world cup medal. he's now 37, in his 15th world cup season, and briefly topped the standings after a brilliant second run. in the slalom, he eventually took the bronze to add to the silver he picked up at kitzbuehel in january. he has also now finished on the podium in a world cup race at least once in the past four seasons. finally, a reminder to always keep your eye on the ball. this was in the one—off women's test match between australia in mumbai, and the indian fielders could hardly believe their luck as beth mooney wandered out of her crease. what was she doing?! and richa ghosh pounced

i've seen him at park you him at villa park before. you know, tom hanks well.rviewed tom hanks about in two thousand and about villa in two thousand and seven. ah, on back page of the mirror. >> he'll be very pleased at the moment. indeed write moment. he will indeed write aiden. talk aiden. thank you very much. talk to shortly . to again shortly. >> just after 630. >> uh, it is just after 630. this is breakfast on gb news with cameron and pip. a reminder of your top stories. britain's gear up to hit the shops as stores slash their prices for the boxing day sales . stores slash their prices for the boxing day sales. bargain hunters are set to make this the biggest boxing day for sales shopping in four years. but will consumers brave the sales in their usual numbers ? their usual numbers? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> despite the cost of living crisis , shoppers are expected to crisis, shoppers are expected to spend average of 253 on spend an average of 253 on boxing day boxing . this year's boxing day boxing. this year's festive discount season . festive disco

confirmed status villa confirmed their status as genuine title contenders with a win over arsenal at villa parkvictims of rain in the west indies . indies. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon . dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond. and this is breakfast on gb news. who gets a royal christmas card . who gets a royal christmas card. >> we do it every year, don't we? say oh, here's a lovely picture and it's a gorgeous picture and it's a gorgeous picture of the wales's this morning. it's on. it's on so many of the papers. oh, there it is. go on screen. >> it would be nice to have a royal christmas card your mantelpiece. >> who decides who gets them? >> well, when princess diana died, the only way they could figure out who to invite to the funeral service was to go to her christmas card list. oh, that's how they did it. and i suppose, yes, you've got secretaries and various people who draw up a list of the people who will deem it very important to have a royal then there'll royal card. and then there'll also friends , weren't there, also be friends, weren't there, but who are they written or but also who

full time at villa park and the sound told the story, their 14th win at home in a row and this one against was jurgen klopp�*s favourite slot. he called them ignorant. manchester united will take wins at any time. when scott mctominay scored, they led 1—0 at home to chelsea. but cole palmer�*s run and finish brought this breathless match level. united had dropped marcus rashford and looked for goals from elsewhere. right now, their top scorer is their unlikely hero too. and mctominay at the double! that was mctominay�*s sixth of the season. and despite this mixed start, they�*re just three points off fourth place. the team that sit there are manchester city. the champions are in a tough spell and the door is open for the rest. joe lynskey, bbc news. the rangers manager says his side need _ the rangers manager says his side need to— the rangers manager says his side need to be — the rangers manager says his side need to be more ruthless after their narrow— need to be more ruthless after their narrow single goal victory over hearts — narrow single goal victory over hearts which stretches the

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