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Aston Villa quality for Europe after 13 years

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Aston Villa secured a place in next season’s Europa Conference League after a 2-1 final day win over Brighton at Villa Park.

Villa – who last played in Europe during the 2010/11 campaign, when they were knocked out by Rapid Vienna in the play-off stage of the Europa League – secured seventh place with victory, pipping Tottenham by one point.

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Douglas Luiz’s caressed shot gave Unai Emery’s men the lead, with Ollie Watkins doubling the hosts’ advantage after Deniz Undav had been denied an equaliser after a VAR review.

Undav did then pull one back – his third goal in five games – as VAR intervened again, but that was as far as the resurgence progressed as the Seagulls’ historic season ended in defeat.

Written by Ibrahim Oladamola

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