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Villa sweat on Carew fitness

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is sweating on the fitness of striker John Carew, who will have a scan on Monday after suffering suspected knee ligament damage in Sunday's 2-0 victory over Everton.

The Norwegian international had scored his first domestic goal of the campaign before Gabriel Agbonlahor sealed victory with his third strike in four games against Everton.

O'Neill said: "We don't know the extent of the damage at the moment but it doesn't look great. He has damaged his ligaments but he will get scanned on Monday."

He added: "It is a shame because the goal was a big boost to his confidence.

"Regardless of what centre forwards say about doing work outside of the penalty area, and helping people, scoring the goal is a big boost for him."

Everton boss David Moyes admitted: "I have no real complaints about the result. I thought we played better than we have done recently.

"I think the defending for the two goals was terrible. I thought we passed the ball better than Villa on the day but I thought they had more penetration."

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