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
win. the manchester city defender benjamin mendy has been released on bail ahead of his trialfor rape and sexual assault. the french international has been held in prison since august last year. he ll have to live at his home address, surrender his passport and not have contact with any of the people he is accused of attacking. he 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 one hundred and £a2 million move from liverpool in 2018. but he struggled to make the same impact in spain however, he s re uniting 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
transition to punish us and we scored a goal in the transition so but well deserved, they complement for the team because we know exactly when his team played how good they are. it was certainly a debut to remember for philippe coutinho who helped aston villa come from 2 0 down to draw 2 2 with manchester united. defensive errors by the villa goalkeeper emiliano martinez and midfielder morgan sanson helped bruno fernandes score twice to give united a 2 0 lead. villa boss steven gerrard sent on his former liverpool team mate immediately after united s second and the brazilian did no disappoint, setting upjacob ramsey and then scoring the equaliser. the result moves villa up a place to 13th. united are in 7th. at the other end of the table, newcastle drew 1 1 with watford. joao pedro s equaliser keeping the visitors clear of the bottom three. the club that had been bottom of the table, norwich ended a six game losing run with a 2 1 win over everton. norwich move up to 18th, adding to t
but looking at the situation, it s definitely incredible that this happened the way it did, especially to novak, that he got here, that this is still going on. definitely feeling very sorry for him. hope that this is going to be resolved very soon. now, phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue. the brazilian midfielder hasjoined aston villa from barcelona, on loan until the end of the season, and there s an option to buy, too. coutinhojoined barcelona in a £142 million move from liverpool in 2018. he was brilliant at anfield, but struggled to make the same impact in spain, however he s reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and newcastle have been busy, too. they ve confirmed their first signing since their new owners took over. england full back kieran tripper has joined from atletico madrid. he s played for boss eddie howe before at burnley
he was brilliant at anfield but struggled to make the same impact in spain, however he s reuniting with villa boss steven gerrard, who was his captain at liverpool. and newcastle have been busy too. they ve confirmed their first signing since their new owners took over. england full back kieran trippier 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 and help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. that s all the sport for now. let s return to our top story and the rising level of staff absences at hospital trusts across the country fuelled by coronavirus. in the midlands, the latest figures from nhs england show more than 4200 staff were absent due to covid