Aston Villa Robbed of UCL?

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Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The FC crew are joined by Nedum Onuoha to break down the final day in the Premier League as Aston Villa controversially miss out on UCL qualification, Chelsea qualify with a win over Nottingham Forest and Newcastle qualify despite a loss to Everton. Plus, hear from Robert Lewandowski after he scores his 100th goal for Barcelona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For the team ready to conquer the grandest stage,
0:05.0	immortality wins.
0:07.0	Moments of sweat and sacrifice.
0:13.0	Forge the composition of champions.
0:16.0	It's self-explanatory, as glory,
0:19.0	a spanditori, an unforgettable journey is nearing its finale.
0:22.6	Four more wins to take home the trophy.
0:24.6	The NBA final, presented by YouTube TV, begin June 5th on ABC.
0:33.6	Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Katie Kellogg, Craig Burley and Stevie Nicol. We kicked things off in the Premier League.
0:41.3	Last round of the matches of the season, it was all about who was going to finish in the top five.
0:45.3	This is how things look going in to that final match. Everyone had pretty much fate in their own hands.
0:51.3	This is then how it finished. Manchester City would win away
0:54.9	against Fulham. Chelsea would win away against Forrest. Newcastle would lose at home against
1:01.3	Everton, but in the end it didn't matter because Aston Villa went to Old Trafford and lost
1:06.4	2-0 against Manchester United. United were actually played well, Casey. Yeah, United were the better side.
1:12.6	I mean, granted, there was a lot of circumstances that then led into it with,
1:16.6	obviously Martinez getting sent off before the half and then having the goal disallowed because
1:21.6	the ref blew the whistle, but in the end, Villa just weren't good enough.
1:26.6	Manchester United was better on the day.
1:29.3	But it's that decision, isn't it, Craig, to disallow that opening goal from Ashton Villa that you felt was a game changer?
1:34.3	Yeah, a very inexperienced referee, never seen them before in such a big game.
1:39.3	Disappointment then for Ashton Villa, we would see Uniye Emery going down the tunnel tunnel, speaking to the referee, is a polite way of saying it right at the end. But in the end, the big talking point from everything away from what we
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