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Image source, Getty Images Just 11 weeks ago Aston Villa were winless and third bottom of the Premier League. Now, driven by manager Unai Emery, they are third with growing talk of their involvement in the title race. Saturday's dramatic finale against leaders Arsenal underlined their credentials and the 2-1 victory was Emery's 63rd in the Premier League - the most in the club's history.

"First, my decision and also the situation. He is on loan playing with us, but he is not definitely adding to us with a permanent contract. "Hopefully we can get the best for him and the best for us. I respect him as a player and as a person. He is training well, but we have one circumstance with him. "Hopefully we can get a solution for him to try to play consistently and try to continue in his career with us or not."

"Boys that age don't get given these sorts of opportunities with that regularity unless they're incredible talents," one agent said. "We saw it with Lewis Miley a couple of seasons ago, then Kobbie Mainoo, but he was a little older. "More often, you see young players get a few minutes off the bench, or start matches out wide away from the spine of the team. But to be in the middle of the park? Well, that's special."

The draw for the FA Cup third round has given EFL and non-league sides their first chance to take on date a Premier League club in this season's competition. Holders Crystal Palace will start their defence at Macclesfield, who are among the sixth-tier sides hoping to cause a shock. Weston-Super-Mare are away to League Two Grimsby Town, while there are four all-Premier League ties.

The term 'Olmpico' is used to describe a rare goal where a player scores directly from taking a corner without any other player getting a touch on the ball. Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes scored an Olimpico goal on Saturday during their 2-1 win over Burnley. The term comes from the first ever recorded goal of its kind, scored by Cesareo Onzari in 1924 for Argentina against Uruguay.

Antoine Semenyo has been linked with the move away from Bournemouth in recent weeks. The 25-year-old has been in spectacular form, and top teams are interested in securing his services during the January transfer window. Liverpool and Arsenal could use more quality and depth on the flanks, and they have identified the Ghana international as a potential target.

"I am gutted, it feels like loss. We did so much to get into the lead. We sat back too far and invited the pressure," Bowen told Sky Sports. "You wanted to protect the lead, but we got them too much. We got a point, but it feels like a loss. "We limited most of the games, and they didn't have lots to do in goal. The way the manager wants to play, we have all bought into that."

I don't know what happened, the Hungary international said. After 2-0, you know, I think that we thought that the game is over. This is the kind of game that you can never underestimate the team that you play against. Maybe after the penalty they just had the momentum we came back so it's a good reaction from the team again, and yeah conceding again from a set-piece, it's not the nicest way.