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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ben Fisher at Villa Park

Abraham denied by VAR as 10-man Brentford deal blow to Aston Villa’s title hopes

Dango Ouattara scores through a crowd of Aston Villa players
Dango Ouattara fires 10-man Brentford ahead at Aston Villa. Photograph: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock

Aston Villa were already angry at trailing to 10-man Brentford and then, four minutes into the second half, those frustrations grew tenfold.

Tammy Abraham thought he had made a goalscoring return, his first Villa goal since winning promotion from the Championship seven years ago, but then it was all eyes on the referee, Tim Robinson, and the big screens flagging a review. At Stockley Park, the video assistant referee, Paul Tierney, rewound the clock by 19 seconds, to the moment Leon Bailey, at the opposite end of the pitch, was deemed to have failed to keep the ball in play.

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