This match means nothing to Aston Villa since relegation is confirmed but for Newcastle it means the world since they are right in the middle of a relegation battle which they have a great chance of winning. The makems and Norwich City both have a game in hand on us.
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“Wouldn’t it just be typical Newcastle United to screw up against Aston Villa”.
Aston Villa play their last Premier League game at Villa Park for at least a season as they welcome a Newcastle side in desperate need of a win to aid their survival bid.
“When you have the armband you have more responsibility in the team, so I know that I’m an important player and I need to give everything”.
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Allardyce is targeting a win against Chelsea, but if Sunderland are level heading into the latter stages against last season’s champions, then Newcastle’s fortunes will play a part in his decision-making.
Kieran Richardson (calf) is a doubt for Villa, who also have Aly Cissokho suspended after his red card against Watford.
“We have beaten Crystal Palace, and now we have to show the same mentality at Aston Villa”.
“Gabby has been training with the reserves and I think it will be unlikely that he plays again this season”, said Black.
Aston Villa has lost 11 matches in a row.
“We turned the game in our favour by shutting down Arsenal’s talented players and taking the ball off them”, he added.
“We can’t change what the other teams do”.
“We deserved the win”.
However, the club revealed the search for a permanent replacement for Rémi Garde is “inextricably linked” to the takeover, meaning that an appointment could be delayed until well into the summer.
The Villans scored two goals last week against a Watford side that wasn’t at its best but still ended up losing.
Defeat for relegated Villa will see them set an outright club record of 12 successive league defeats.
The winger’s four league goals in his last nine appearances are more than he managed in the whole of his eight-year spell at his previous club, Tottenham, and his influential displays have led to calls for him to be included in Roy Hodgson’s squad for Euro 2016.
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– Newcastle (W2 D2) have gone four games unbeaten in the Premier League for the first time since October-November 2014 (six unbeaten in that run under Alan Pardew).
