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West Brom captain Brunt: Keeping Benteke quiet key to beating Villa

West Bromwich Albion skipper Chris Brunt says keeping Christian Benteke quiet will be key to beating Aston Villa this weekend.

Benteke has helped Villa to back-to-back wins following a seven-month lay off from a ruptured achilles and scored his first goal of the season in their 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace last week.

"Just kick him," he joked, when asked how they will deal with Benteke. "You just have to watch the stuff when we played against them last year, especially the one at Villa Park, where he caused us mayhem.

"He's a big miss for anyone, a striker of that quality. He brings so many different attributes, he's good in the air, a strong guy and he can score goals. He's a good all-round striker.

"For them to lose someone like that for so long was a big blow but to have him back is going to give you and others around you a lift.

"He is someone we have to contain because he is a handful."

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