Football: The best images of tonight's domestic and European action

The players line up before the start of the Champions League match at the Allianz Arena ... much of the pre-match gossip surrounds Bayern's Franck Ribéry who's been embroiled in a sex-scandal investigation. Ribéry is one of a number of French players to be questioned regarding underage prostitution
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Jérémy Toulalan of Lyon is challenged by Bayern's Ivica Olic
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Arjen Robben, whose stunning volley in the quarter-final second leg sent Manchester United out of the competition, is harassed as he jumps for a header
Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

Ribéry loses possession in the 37th minute and makes a late challenge on Lyon's Lisandro directly in front of referee Roberto Rosetti
Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP

The official produces a straight red card, reducing Bayern to ten men
Photograph: Kerstin Joensson/AP

But parity is restored when Toulalan is sent off, somewhat harshly, for a second yellow card. His dismissal for a 50-50 challenge with Bastian Schweinsteiger owed much to the over-reaction of the German player.
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Arjen Robben gracefully controls a ball on his thigh as three Lyon players track his progression
Photograph: Daniel Maurer/AP

In the 69th minute, the Dutchman fires a shot from the edge of the box which takes a nick off a team-mate Thomas Müller and somehow beats the goalkeeper
Photograph: Tobias Hase/EPA

Robben's effort proves decisive as Bayern end the match one goal to the good.
Photograph: Peter Kneffel/EPA

At the KC Stadium, Hull City's Dutch forward Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink tries to beat Aston Villa's goalkeeper Brad Friedel as the home side aim to lift themselves out of the relegation zone
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But it's Gabriel Agbonlahor who scores Villa's first goal of the game, exploiting the deficiencies in Hull's defence which had caused them to concede 70 goals in 34 league games before tonight
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Hull's Jan Vennegor of Hesselink clashes heads with Aston Villa's Richard Dunne
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Vennegor of Hesselink comes off worst. He lies injured for several minutes before being stretched off
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James Milner scores Aston Villa's second goal from the penalty spot, having been brought down by George Boateng
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Milner's goal 14 minutes from time ensures that Villa win the match and thus move back above Liverpool into sixth place in the Premier League
Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

Jimmy Bullard looks glum as Hull remain three points from safety beneath West Ham
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