Aston Villa anger as Tottenham game moved for Europa League final

Aston Villa have criticised the Premier League’s decision to bring forward their game against Tottenham Hotspur by two days to aid Spurs’ preparations for a potential Europa League final.

The match, originally scheduled for Sunday, May 18, will now be played at 7.30pm on Friday, May 16. Villa had already objected to a request to move the game to next Thursday evening (May 15), made to the Premier League before the first leg of Tottenham’s semi-final against Bodo/Glimt, and fans are annoyed that the league has now agreed to move their final home fixture of the season at such short notice.

Monchi, Villa’s president of football operations, took to social media to vent his frustration after the decision was communicated to fans on Tuesday. He wrote: “The change of the fixture of Tottenham is not what we wanted. We were not entitled to keep it and we got the least damaging alternative. Our fans didn’t deserve [it] but we tried hard to keep the match to protect the most important for us: YOU and OUR TEAM. We need you on Friday.”

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