Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa: Champions League – as it happened

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A leggy Aston Villa's hopes of automatic qualification for the Round of 16 took a dent as they were sunk by Wilfried Singo's early strike at the Stade Louis II

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Adi Hutter speaks: "We have an opportunity against a big, big opponent and tomorrow we will face a team in the Premier League who is stable in their results," said Monaco's head coach in his pre-match press conference. "Arsenal were the better team [on Saturday], but Villa came back and played out a draw. Unai Emery has won four titles in Europe and he has very good players.

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