By Aston Villa FC

It's been another busy week in the world of Aston Villa, with no less than six matches across men's, women's and academy teams as January business got underway. 

Villa players have been active across their social media channels, with action in five different competitions in and amongst the signing of Donyell Malen. 

From six points in two away trips for our men's team, to our first January recruit celebrating his 26th birthday, here are some of the social media posts you may have missed from our players over the past week...

A capital comeback

From 2-0 down at Arsenal on Saturday after 55 minutes, Unai Emery's side rallied to take a point home from the Emirates Stadium, staging a brave fightback with goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins.

The two goalscorers were joined by Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings, Lamare Bogarde and Ian Maatsen in marking the result on their official channels...

A busy week for Donyell

Donyell Malen became our first signing of the January transfer window last Tuesday, when arriving from Borussia Dortmund.

The lively winger then celebrated his 26th birthday five days later, on Sunday. Each moment was captured and shared on his official Instagram channel...

Three points and a clean sheet on the road

The Villans returned to winning ways on the road, securing a first away league victory in six, at Everton last Wednesday.

Emi Martínez, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Jacob Ramsey and Emi Buendía were among those to celebrate across social media...

The next generation

Both our under-21s and under-18s have been in cup action over the past week, with Josep Gombau's side bowing out of the Vertu Trophy with a 3-1 defeat to Bradford City at Villa Park, before Jimmy Shan's Young Lions made it through to round five of the FA Youth Cup with an emphatic 4-0 win at Newcastle United.

Goalscorer at Villa Park, Kyrie Pierre was joined by Mikell Barnes in reacting to their experience in B6, while under-18 goalscorers Jack McGrath and Mason Cotcher celebrated their win on Instagram...