straight to your inboxA frustrated Dean Smith has explained what he had said to the fourth official and to Lee Mason to earn a red card in Aston Villa's defeat to Manchester City tonight.
The visitors held out for almost 80 minutes at the Etihad before a sparkling but controversial goal from Bernardo Silva broke the deadlock, with Rodri coming back from an offside position to nick the ball off Tyrone Mings, who was adjudged to have started a new phase of play when he brought the ball down.
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