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West Ham 1-2 Villa

It's time for me to say goodbye.

I must say, what a cracking day of football it has been, I really don't want it to end. But I'm afraid it has.

Aston Villa closed off the first Premier League Saturday of the season by toppling a defiant West Ham side in their own backyard.

It took a late strike from Jhon Duran, who nearly joined the Hammers this summer, to get the job done after Lucas Paqueta cancelled out Amadou Onana's opener.

I mean, Paqueta's penalty was very controversial, Tomas Soucek went down like a sack of potatoes after a seemingly good challenge by Matt Cash.