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West Brom boss Hodgson proud to be finishing above Villa

West Bromwich Albion boss Roy Hodgson is proud to be finishing the season above Aston Villa.

Hodgson took pleasure from Albion finishing ahead of Villa in the division for the first time in 33 years.

He said: "I'm happy enough with a point, I'm happy with another clean sheet - our 10th of the season - which is very good considering how difficult we found getting clean sheets last season.

"I'm also glad to confirm - for the first time in goodness knows how many years - we've finished above Aston Villa in the table so it's not been a bad day.

"It would have been a wonderful day if we'd won it, but I mustn't be too greedy and I'll save a victory over Villa for next season.

"It was important our players didn't allow people the opportunity to say we took the game too lightly and weren't as interested in getting a point - or three points - as the opposition."

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