Wow, we needed that, 3 points, out of the relegation zone, a 3-goal thriller with a last-minute winner in the derby, what more do you want! But I’d rather have won it without the drama; when Benteke scored the winner, I celebrated so hard I thought I was going to have a heart attack!
It all started with a Gabriel Agbonlahor goal; in a first half where Villa could have been 3 to 4 goals up before the ref blew the whistle for the end off the first. We had 2 efforts cleared of the line, and one of them should have been a penalty, Delph struck a magnificent shot that stuck the post. If this match had been officiated by a boxing referee, then he would have had to stop the contest, as WBA were taking one hell of a beating!
When we came out for the second half with only a one-goal lead, a few of us said, we hope those missed chances don’t come back to haunt us, and then they went and scored a goal to level the match, un flipping real!!! It would have been a travesty of justice if the Baggies had gone on to scored another goal and win it. Even if the match had remained a draw, I’m sorry, but the Baggies didn’t even deserve a point. But I will give them 10 out of 10 for their set pieces, but that’s all they had.
The match was settled from a set piece, a penalty to Villa, taken and scored by Benteke to win the match. Benteke didn’t have his best match, in fact, he’s looked a little out of sorts for some time, but hopefully his winner will give him some much-needed confidence, as we need the Big Man firing on all cylinders for our forth coming matches.
I thought N’Zogbia was having a great match, as was many Villa players last night, and I believe he should have stayed on the pitch. Grealish was the man to replace Charlie, and I felt we lost some forward momentum when the young lad came on, but he’ll have his day, I just think it’s not the right time for him. The Alan Hutton incident was a mole hill made into a mountain, the Scot got his foot stuck into the, ur humm, Tackle, and received an unfair yellow card and now we’ve lost him for 2 matches, unlucky Al.
My Man Of The Match: Ciaran Clark
Lovely to see a manager talk common sense,
And show his commitment ,full marks to TS
Sherwood reaction after the game shows us we made the best choice for him to be our manager
He is living and breathing Aston Villa at the moment and you get the feeling the players are loving him to
Bring on the tesco bags and let’s hit a Wembley semi final
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hutton got the ball first was balancing on one leg the momentum took on .no card