Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has picked his side to face AS Monaco in the Champions League this evening (5:45pm)

Graham Potter has four full-backs in his starting line-up for West Ham. So it will be Max Kilman as his only recognised centre-back, while Vladimir Coufal and Aaron Cresswell are expected to be in a back three, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson Palmieri are likely wing-backs in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Jamie Carragher called West Ham star Lucas Paqueta ’embarrassing’ during the Hammers’ Premier League clash against Aston Villa. Sunday’s fixture at Villa Park threatened to boil over as the game approached half-time as several players clashed.

Emery rolls the dice again. John McGinn and Emi Buendia replace Morgan Rogers and Jacob Ramsey as they seek a winner. It felt like another goal was coming and it goes the way of West Ham. Edson Alvarez crosses the ball to the back post, where Emerson is waiting to nod past Emi Martinez to level the game with 20 minutes to play!

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Aston Villa falter again after Champions League match with draw against West Ham - Jacob Ramsey’s early opener at Villa Park was cancelled out by Emerson Palmieri’s second-half header.

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