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		</div><p>A man has been charged with invading the pitch during Aston Villa’s Second City derby match against Birmingham and assaulting captain Jack Grealish.</p>
<p>Paul Mitchell, 27, is accused of attacking the player less than 10 minutes into the Championship clash at Birmingham’s St Andrew’s Stadium on Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>The midfielder, 23, was allegedly assaulted from behind as he stood in the Birmingham penalty area.</p>
<p>Stewards intervened and the suspect was led off the pitch.</p>
<p>West Midlands Police said Mitchell, of Rubery, will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday.</p>
<p>Despite the incident Grealish went on to score the only goal of the game, lifting Villa to a 1-0 victory.</p>
<p>He later said it was “best day of his life”, writing on Instagram: <em>“The cream always rises.”</em></p>
<p>Villa manager Dean Smith said Grealish was “okay” after the incident, but was critical of the security arrangements at the ground.</p>
<p><em>“It shouldn’t happen, the security should have been better,”</em> he told Sky Sports Football.</p>
<p>Players’ body the Professional Footballers’ Association has called for a full inquiry into the incident.</p>
<p>It was one of two pitch invasions at major football matches on Sunday afternoon, the other taking place during Manchester United’s clash against Arsenal.</p>
<p>A man was arrested on suspicion of common assault and pitch invasion after a spectator ran onto the pitch at the Emirates Stadium before pushing United and England defender Chris Smalling.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police said a man was taken into custody at a north London police station.</p>
<p>Arsenal said the culprit <em>“will be banned from Arsenal matches home and away”</em>.</p>
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