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Manchester City take perfect record to Villa amid off-field turmoil

MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City will try to preserve the Premier League’s only perfect record at Aston Villa this weekend while dealing with mounting injuries and major off-field distractions following their guilty verdict on financial-rule charges. Enzo Maresca’s City have won all seven league matches to sit three points clear of champions Arsenal, but an independent commission’s finding that the club were guilty of 114 financial breaches has cast a shadow over their blistering start. C