Blackpool came from behind to beat Aston Villa's Under-21 side 3-2 at Bloomfield Road, while Port Vale delivered a stunning 5-0 victory over Manchester City in the EFL Trophy. Zac Ashworth, Jerry Yates and Jordan Brown scored for Blackpool after Villa took the lead through Fletcher Boyd. The win leaves Blackpool second in Northern Group B, while Villa remain bottom without a point. In the standout result, Manchester City conceded four goals in the first 34 minutes against Port Vale, with Maleace Asamoah opening the scoring before Jaheim Headley, Max Watters, Lewis Montsma and Keyrol Figueroa added further goals. Vale now top Northern Group D with seven points. Manager Jon Brady expressed delight: "It's a competitive fixture and we attacked it with a strong team. We attacked it to win the game and I'm glad we scored five goals."
Elsewhere, Everton lost to Shrewsbury Town, but Arsenal avoided a Premier League youth clean sweep of defeats by coming from behind to win at AFC Wimbledon.
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