Aston Villa drew 1-1 in a local derby with Walsall as they continued their pre-season preparations.<\/p>\n
The visitors, who handed Idrissa Gueye his debut, led through Callum Robinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finish from close range on 21 minutes.<\/p>\n
Walsall equalised on the stroke of half-time when Anthony Forde\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s free-kick took a wicked deflection off the wall and wrong-footed ‘keeper Jed Steer. <\/p>\n
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There was also a 1-1 draw for Leicester against Mansfield.<\/p>\n
David Nugent gave the Foxes the lead with a curling effort into the bottom corner from 20 yards after 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Mansfield’s Matt Green levelled with a penalty after Dean Hammond brought down Mitchell Rose on 27 minutes.<\/p>\n
Mansfield also hit the woodwork twice in the second half as they went in search of the winner.<\/p>\n
Claudio Ranieri: “Mansfield were a better side than Lincoln, tough players that played strongly and it was important for us to play at the same speed<\/p>\n
“It was difficult for us to play football, but I like to see my team under pressure in pre season. “I want a big challenge, but I don’t want any players injured, so I’m happy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
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West Ham, fresh from scraping through in the Europa League in midweek drew 0-0 at Charlton in the latest of their pre-season games.<\/p>\n
Diafra Sakho had the Hammers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 best chance after being played through by Dimitri Payet but his effort was blocked by goalkeeper Nick Pope.<\/p>\n
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The Canaries fought back from a goal down to beat the German side with two late goals at the WWK Arena.<\/p>\n
Piotr Trochowski had given the hosts the lead on 51 minutes with a 30-yard strike.
\nYoussouf Mulumbu equalised for Alex Neil’s side with 13 minutes remaining after a slick passing move.<\/p>\n
And Mulumbu then turned provider to tee up Lewis Grabban to net the winner from close range.<\/p>\n
Alex Neil: “I think the fact we won the game was pleasing against a good calibre of opposition. <\/p>\n
“They’re a strong side who beat Bayern twice this season, so that shows you how well they can play. <\/p>\n
“I thought you saw both sides of us as well. In the first half we didn’t press as well as we generally do, but in the second half that improved a lot. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p>\n
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