Philippe Coutinho

Manchester City celebrated a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday and cut the gap between Arsenal in the title race. Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez scored for City, meanwhile, Ollie Watkins scored the only goal for Villa. Coutinho came on in the second-half and played just 14 minutes, however, he had an impressive game as he had 19 touches, 1 foul won as well as 1 interception and more. His full stats: Phillipe Coutinho in 14 minutes vs. Manchester City: 19 touches 5/6 ground duels won 3/3 dribbles completed 1/1 tackle won1 foul won…

Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as a new head coach after Steven Gerrad got sacked earlier last week following a 3-0 defeat to Fulham. The Villarreal manager, meanwhile, is currently under contract with the La Liga side until the end of this campaign, which means the Villains will pay his €6m (£5.25m) release clause. Therefore, the Spaniard will make his Premier League return on November 1st after a work permit. According to The Boot Football, Gabby Agbonlahor has admitted that Phillie Coutinho’s chances to get a start under the newly appointed coach are quite ‘impossible’. Meanwhile, following Gerrard’s sacking,…