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Aston Villa manager Smith happy to rotate Ings and Watkins

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith is not worried about Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins sharing responsibilities in attack.

Ings, signed from Southampton last summer, was brought off the bench for Saturday's 1-0 win over Manchester United.

Smith said: "Danny and Ollie are maturing as a partnership at the moment.

"Neither of them have had their rewards in recent games in terms of goals but they have certainly worked hard for the team, enabling us to press from the front.

"There will be times when one of them won't be playing. I think the big sign of our depth was the record signing coming on for the last 15 minutes."

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