James Collins grabbed a point for Villa with a well taken half-volley from close range to cancel out Roger Johnson’s fortuitous opener early in the 2nd half in a game that was low on quality, but high on chances, and will have done little to ease the nerves of fans of either team.
Once again it was a case of early chances wasted, Gabby practically served the opener on the plate thanks to some comedy goal keeping from Ben Foster, only
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An early goal from the spot and a late goal via a deflection was enough to cancel Gabby Agbonlahor’s first half leveller and send us out of the Carling Cup, triggering disgraceful scenes as City fans invaded the pitch to taunt Villa fans locked in the away section.
The fact we dominated the game is neither here nor there, derby games are a different kettle of fish and it all comes down to failing to capitalise on opportunities and inexplicably slack
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Local derby, 120th competitive meeting as it happens. Cup game. Mid-week. Under the floodlights. Only a fool would try to predict the outcome of one these; all bets are off and anything can happen. McLeish has called for a hostile atmosphere and described the reputation of the City fans as being “volatile but not in a nasty way”, whatever that might mean.
Meanwhile, Gérard Houllier has appealed for calm: “It’s a game which is on TV, and it’s a derby,
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I haven’t uploaded any vids for a while and then two come along almost together. Here’s the second one, a recap of the victory at St Andrew’s yesterday:-
EDIT | 18/09/09: Sorry folks, this video was removed by YouTube after a copyright claim by NetResult. I’ve had one video removed before for use of music, but I fought that one and won.
Unfortunately, the Premier League, via their bitch NetResult, seem to have successfully imposed their own draconian levels of
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Birmingham
Sept 13th 2009
Aston Villa
1
50
Possession %
50
13
Shots
13
3
On Target
2
7
Corners
1
0
Offsides
3
Scorers
85′ Gabby
Parnaby
Booked
Sidwell, Agbonlahor
Sent Off
240
Good Passes
266
76
Bad Passes
59
19
Interceptions
4
31
Tackles Won
37
25
Tackles Lost
16
3
Blocks
4
23
Free Kicks
10
Starting XI:
1. Friedel
24. Cuellar
25. Warnock
29. Collins
5. Dunne
19. Petrov
20. Reo-Coker
4. Sidwell
7. Young
8. Milner
11. Agbonlahor
Subs:
22. Guzan
18. Heskey
10. Carew
21. Shorey
26. Gardner
16. Delph
23. Beye
Average Position Map
There’s a little bit of déjà vu all over again for Gabby today after he hits the winner at St Andrew’s in the last 5 minutes of the derby game. His header to beat Joe Hart might not have been as emphatic as his ’07 winner, but it means just as much.
It was probably a more even game than most Villa fans were comfortable with, but ultimately the class prevailed. Personally, I was fearful that MON’s surprising back
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Let’s be honest here, when the Premiership fixture list was published, this was the first fixture most City fans would have been looking for. Personally, I’m less interested in this opponent, but I’m nonetheless happy to see them back in the top flight – the six points each year are always welcome!
As is the nature of derby games, form and class can go out the window as the playing field is somewhat levelled by the passion. All the
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