Aston Villa – Burnley 1-0
Seger i Ligacupen, jipiii!
Ligacupen fortsatte under tisdagen med en match på Villa Park. Förra årets Villadräpare kom på besök och skulle försöka göra om bedriften. Villa ställde upp med lite nya spelare på diverse ställen. Angel var tillbaka för att försöka bättra på sitt självförtroende på bekostnad av Luke Moore. På mittfältet gjorde Gavin McCann en för mig efterlängtad comeback efter skada och i backlinjen var Delaney tillbaka på grund av skada på Hughes. Laget i övrigt såg ut som följande:
Sörensen
Delaney Mellberg Ridgewell Samuel
Milner Davis McCann Barry
Phillips Angel
Liksom i derbyt var det Kevin Phillips som blev den räddande ängeln då han efter snyggt väggspel med Milner kunde skjuta in 1-0 som också blev slutresultatet. Villa fortsätter sim något krassliga spelstil men man lyckades i alla fall vinna denna gång, alltid något.
Betyg delas ut av Jonathan Fear på holteenders.co.uk
Star Player
If I had to give a man of the match (the one picked out by Villa's sponsors was Millner, although myself and the friends I was with all thought he had been quiet tonight) I would probably say Barry for his end to end running.
Player Ratings
Sorenson 6
Difficult to rate as he wasn't really tested.
Mellberg 6
Pretty much had their players in his pocket.
Ridgewell 6
Does worry me the way he pushes players in the box, but did well tonight.
Delaney 6
Great to see him back and a competent return.
Samuel 6
Much more like the Samuel of old, a couple of outstanding crosses/passes.
Millner 5
Seemed quiet tonight, but then he is only 19, he won't run every game for Villa! Still a top player and I hope we sign him permanently.
Barry 7
Good distribution and put himself about.
Davis 6
Didn't seem to be over stressed by Burnley's midfield, put in the tackles when needed.
McCann 6
Nice return for McCann. Seemed livelier than he has for a while.
Angel 5
Nothing is really working for him and we still don't play to his strengths.
Phillips 7
Got a chance, took it. Superb finish from a superb player. Could be the difference for us this year, without his goals Villa would be struggling even more than we are.
Moore (for Angel 78mins)
Put himself about and got stuck in.
Manager Rating
DOL. Well, we won. Didn't see much emotion, but then, he does use Roy Aitkin to do the shouting, and boy, is Roy Aitkin good at shouting?! Shame no one can understand him though!
Opponent Rating
Cotterill. Spent the whole match on the touchline trying to inspire his team, but they really did look short of that cutting edge.
The game was a trial.
Because a chap behind me was drunk as a skunk and smelt like one as well. Yuk. Had to spend the whole game leaning forward to distance myself from the stench! lol
