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The jokes can finally end. Aston Villa have scored in the Premier League. At the eleventh hour. Literally.

After 660 minutes of trying and failing to get a goal, Paul Lambert’s side found a way past one of the best defences in world football.

Carles Gil shimmied round Oscar and delivered an inch-perfect cross. Jores Okore rose at the far post and nodded the ball past Thibaut Courtois.