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Dunne scare for Villa

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Richard Dunne has suffered an injury scare ahead of Aston Villa's FA Cup clash with Chelsea.

Defender withdraws from training with sore Achilles

Richard Dunne has suffered an injury scare ahead of Aston Villa's FA Cup semi-final clash with Chelsea. The 30-year-old was forced to withdraw from a warm-up session on Thursday with a sore Achilles. Dunne has been playing through the injury in recent weeks and will now face a late fitness test to determine whether he can do so again on Saturday. Villa boss Martin O'Neill believes he still has every chance of featuring. "Dunne has had a bit of a setback and he came out of training this morning," he said. "He was a bit sore. It is an injury we have to be nursing through. It has been troublesome for a while but he definitely will want to play." Midfielder James Milner has resumed training having recovered from a similar Achilles problem.