Vassell back to haunt O’Leary

Manchester City 3 Aston Villa 1

Vassell bagged a first-half brace to lead Manchester City’s march into the Premiership’s top four, leaving Villa precariously placed on the fringes of a relegation fight on the day a ‘preliminary approach’ for the midlands club by the Comer Homes Group was confirmed.

In the build-up to Vassell’s first game against his former club since his €3 million summer move north, O’Leary insisted he had no regrets about selling the England forward.