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Saturday March 22, 2008 Finished Villa Park

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Aston Villa

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  • Chopra 84’
  1. Sunderland Chop down Villa

    Sunderland Chop down Villa

    Michael Chopra scored to earn Sunderland a 1-0 win at Aston Villa and give their title hopes as huge boost following their first away victory of the season. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Sunderland
    • 90' It's over at Villa Park, and Sunderland get their first away win of the season, and what a vital three points they could prove to be!
    • 87' Daryl Murphy comes off for Dwight Yorke for the last few minutes of this match.
    • 85' Villa go straight up the other end and Carew feeds AGBONLAHOR... GORDON KNOCKS IT ONTO THE POST WITH HIS FEET!!
    • 84' GOAL!! The deadlock has been broken, and it's by Sunderland! Chopra beats both Knight and Laursen to a simple hoofed ball over the top and lifts it over the onrushing Carson! The fact that when the goal finally came it was a simple route one effort sums up this game perfectly!
    • 79' Villa have men in the box and Carew has the ball with his back to goal! He can't get his shot in and is forced wide. In the end Agbonlahor shoots but it goes out for a throw!
    • 77' Harewood chases another ball over the top and beats his man to GET THE SHOT OFF... Into the sidenetting! This match is destined to be a goalless draw it seems.
    • 75' Shaun Maloney will be replaced by Isiah Osbourne for the last 15 minutes.
    • 74' Richardson takes it in himself after making good progress down the left. He shoots from distance, and it's a decent effort, but was never going to trouble Carson.
    • 71' Harewood caught offside again. Aston Villa look short on ideas on how to break down a resilient Sunderland.
    • 65' Another Sunderland change, this time it's Edwardscoming off for Leadbitter.
    • 63' Roy Keane has made his own attackign change, bringing on Michael Chopra for the unimpressive Roy O'Donovan.
    • 63' Zat Knight lifts a ball over the Sunderland defence, but Carwew, Harewood and Young are all well offside.
    • 59' Roy O'Donovan goes into the book for a foul on Marlon Harewood.
    • 59' Harewood runs onto the ball forward and PRODS THE BALL PAST GORDON... AND JUST WIDE OF THE POST! Harewood almost scored with his first touch!
    • 58' Nigel Reo-Coker makes way for striker Marlon Harewood.
    • 56' Sunderland have men forward, and the ball is pulled back to REID... He miscued his shot!
    • 54' Maloney is fouled by Bardsley on the right wing. Young swings in the free kick, but it's cleared.
    • 48' Carlos Edwards leaves Maloney on the floor. He brings the ball forward and HAS A STRIKE FROM DISTANCE... Over the bar!
    • 46' Play is underway for the second half!
    • 45' Half time is called at Villa Park, and that's a bit of a reprieve to be honest. Sunderland have done a decent job of stifling Villa, but have looked pretty inept up front themselves. England international-in-waiting Gabriel Agbnlahor has been completely anonymous so far.
    • 40' Gordon has to tip a looping header over for a corner. The keeper punches the set piece but it's loose and Carew TURNS AND SHOOTS.. Cleared off the line!
    • 39' NYron Nosworthy landed awkwardly after going up against John Carew for a header, and will go for treatment off the pitch.
    • 34' Now it's Sunderland's turn to defende a free kick, a lot more central and a lot closer too. Barry and Maloney are around the ball... Shuan Maloney STRIKES AND CURLS IT JUST OVER!
    • 33' Nigel Reo-Coker hauls down Dean Whitehead, and Villa have a free kick to defend. Andy Reid tries to curl it round the wall.. It's well wide of the near post.
    • 31' Zat Knight hauled down Murphy in desperation as he was being turned inside out! Reid's free kick comes to nothing.
    • 27' Daryl Murphy's cross is a good one, and it's bound for Roy O'Donovan's head... Over the bar!
    • 24' Carson comes out to claim a cross and drops it! He pounces first onto the loose ball, and the Sunderland players are claiming it was outside the box! It looked as though Carson grabbed the ball, then realised his mistake and let go! Nothing doing though, and play continues.
    • 21' It's end-to-end stuff at the moment. Richardson gets to the byline and cuts a pass back for MURPHY.. Way over the bar. Seriously, the trajectory Murphy got on that ball was really impressive!
    • 16' Carew has the ball at his feet in the box, but is immediately surrounded by red-and-white shirts and can't get the shot off! The ball is eventually scrambled away. It took three men to deal with Villa's lone target man there!
    • 14' Nice football by Sunderland, with Edwards, Reid and Murphy linking up well playing it along the deck. the move is halted by a rigid Villa back line, however.
    • 10' Ashley Young whips a dangerous cross in but Jonny Evans is there to clear. Now Maloney plays it in to Carew, who flicks the ball up and tries an overhead kick! Good effort, but no real power on it.
    • 9' Shaun Maloney is in at the byline, and chipped a cross to the back poat for Carew... too high.
    • 8' Villa are enjoying the early possession, but are yet to carve out an opportunity.
    • 4' Roy O'Donovan has the ball with his back to goal. His first ouch takes him away but he psins round and almost gets the shot off, but Gardner puts him off and the ball trickles behind for a goal kick!
    • 3' Ashley Young looks lively already, and cuts in from the left and shoots from the edge of the area, but it's charged down and cleared.
    • 1' Welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of aston Villa v Sunderland! Both sides still have something to play for, with Villa chasing a European spot and Sunderland just hoping to stay up. The big news is there is no Kenwyne Jones for Roy Keane's side, so Daryl Murphy will be the target man. The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Sunderland
    58% Possession 41%
    10 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 3
    4 Corners 4
    11 Fouls 10
    3 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 22
    265 Accurate passes 184
    89 Bad passes 44

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      5 Martin Laursen 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 24 4 3
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 24 2
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27 0 3
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 1 2
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 1 2
      6 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 19 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15 4 0
      10 John Carew 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 32 14 0
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 24 14 0
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 3 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 7 2 1
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 5
      15 Danny Collins 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 5 4
      26 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 4
      44 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 3
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 2 2
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 21 10 1
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1
      20 Andy Reid 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26 9 0
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 19 9 2
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 10 2 0
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
      16 Michael Chopra 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 3 0
      45 Rade Prica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' Villa go straight up the other end and Carew feeds AGBONLAHOR... GORDON KNOCKS IT ONTO THE POST WITH HIS FEET!!
    • 84' GOAL!! The deadlock has been broken, and it's by Sunderland! Chopra beats both Knight and Laursen to a simple hoofed ball over the top and lifts it over the onrushing Carson! The fact that when the goal finally came it was a simple route one effort sums up this game perfectly!
    • 77' Harewood chases another ball over the top and beats his man to GET THE SHOT OFF... Into the sidenetting! This match is destined to be a goalless draw it seems.
    • 59' Harewood runs onto the ball forward and PRODS THE BALL PAST GORDON... AND JUST WIDE OF THE POST! Harewood almost scored with his first touch!
    • 48' Carlos Edwards leaves Maloney on the floor. He brings the ball forward and HAS A STRIKE FROM DISTANCE... Over the bar!
    • 40' Gordon has to tip a looping header over for a corner. The keeper punches the set piece but it's loose and Carew TURNS AND SHOOTS.. Cleared off the line!
    • 34' Now it's Sunderland's turn to defende a free kick, a lot more central and a lot closer too. Barry and Maloney are around the ball... Shuan Maloney STRIKES AND CURLS IT JUST OVER!
    • 27' Daryl Murphy's cross is a good one, and it's bound for Roy O'Donovan's head... Over the bar!
    • 16' Carew has the ball at his feet in the box, but is immediately surrounded by red-and-white shirts and can't get the shot off! The ball is eventually scrambled away. It took three men to deal with Villa's lone target man there!
    • 10' Ashley Young whips a dangerous cross in but Jonny Evans is there to clear. Now Maloney plays it in to Carew, who flicks the ball up and tries an overhead kick! Good effort, but no real power on it.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stephen Graham Bennett

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Gardner
    • Laursen
    • Knight
    • Bouma
    • Reo-Coker Substitution Out (58′)
    • Maloney Substitution Out (74′)
    • Barry
    • Agbonlahor
    • Young
    • Carew

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Petrov
    • Harewood Substitution In (58′)
    • Salifou
    • Osbourne Substitution In (74′)

    Injured

    • Davies

    Suspended

    • Mellberg

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • Bardsley Yellow Card
    • Nosworthy
    • Evans
    • Collins
    • Whitehead
    • Edwards Substitution Out (65′)
    • Richardson
    • O'Donovan Yellow Card
    • Reid
    • Murphy Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • Yorke Substitution In (87′)
    • Prica
    • Chopra Substitution In (59′) Goal
    • Leadbitter Substitution In (65′)
    • Fulop

    Injured

    • Miller
    • Wallace

    Suspended

    None