address, surrender his passport and not have contact with any of the people he is accused of attacking. benjamin mendy s been charged with seven counts of rape and one of sexual assault relating to five women. phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue. the brazilian midfielder s joined aston villa from barcelona on loan until the end of the season, and there s an option to buy, too. coutinhojoined barca in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. but he struggled to make the same impact in spain. however, he s reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and somebody else back in the premier league is keiran trippier, who s now been confirmed as newcastle s first signing since their new owners took over. the england full back has joined from atletico madrid. he s played for boss eddie howe before at burnley and joins for £12 million. but newcastle fans will be hoping he s the first of many to come
from the bbc sport centre. good evening. manchester united, who ve won the fa cup 12 times, are up against aston villa in their third round tie at old trafford with the winner to host middlesbrough. the home side took an early lead in the eighth minute with fred s bought into the box and seeing tom and tom and i get to the end of it to head past emiliano martinez. these are live pictures now on bbc one, there are about 22 minutes played. philip coutinho who signed from barcelona on loan from aston villa for the remainder of the season is going to be eligible to play in the premier league game against the same opponents on saturday. new figures from the premier league show the number of positive covid i9 tests among players and staff have fallen for the second successive week. in the seven days up to and including the 9th of january, there were 72 new positive cases out