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Sunday March 1, 2009 Finished Villa Park

2 - 2

Aston Villa

  • Petrov 44’
  • Carew 79’

Stoke City

  • Shawcross 88’
  • Whelan 90’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Stoke City
    • 90+2 And that is the final whistle! Villa drop two points after conceding two late goals to throw away what should have been an easy win! Stoke have taken five points off Villa. Unbelievable.
    • 90' Long from Sonko, Villa don't deal with it, Petrov tries to clear but it rebounds off Fuller AND WHELAN FLIES IN WITH A LOW DRIVE THAT ZIPS PAST FRIEDEL AND INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! 2-2! What a comeback! Villa can't believe it, they have switched off and dropped two points!
    • 88' Whelan gets it on the right, he swings over a high, dipping cross AND SHAWCROSS GETS A MASSIVE LEAP OVER DAVIES TO POWER A HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT! STOKE BACK IN IT!!
    • 87' Good play by Fuller on the left, he plays a one-two with Lawrence and is in but his low cross-shot is blocked behind for a corner by Friedel. The delivery is good too but Friedel palms it away!
    • 85' Whelan on the ball, he runs towards the edge of the D and drills a low shot on goal but it comes off the inside of the post, goes across the line and away! Hacked out for a throw!
    • 81' Good keeping by Simonsen diving in at the near post to claim at CarewÂ’s feet.
    • 78' Petrov on the ball, he plays it low to Carew on the edge of the box AND CAREW CONNECTS WITH A GLORIOUS CHIP THAT LOOPS OVER SORENSEN AND INTO THE TOP LEFT! What a goal! Villa home and dry.
    • 75' VILLA SUB: Carew on for Heskey.
    • 71' Foul on Simonsen as he punches the ball clear, Heskey with the push and Davies flying across him.
    • 70' Villa are having their best spell of the half as Young sends in a good cross from the left. Stoke don't clear and it spins up to Milner who shoots but deflected and over for a corner!
    • 67' Fuller gets the ball with his back to goal, takes it on his chest, turns and volleys and it's just over! Great effort by the Jamaican.
    • 66' Villa with a good spell but they just can't find the final ball today.
    • 63' Fuller on the ball, he holds off one challenge and runs into the box and he can shoot here but Luke Young slides across with a superb tackle to save the day! He had to get that spot-on otherwise it would have been a penalty and a red.
    • 61' Beattie on the right and Young over-commits in sliding and and Beats is free to pick out the cross but he sends it too deep! They were queueing up for that.
    • 60' Villa are labouring at the moment, although to be fair Stoke hardly make it easy for them with their muscular, direct approach. Only one team is keeping the ball on the ground and even then they have two basketball players hurtling towards them at all times.
    • 56' Sonko puts it out for a throw with Young ready to cross from the left... taken short and Barry crosses but headed away.
    • 51' High ball into the Stoke box but punched clear by Simonsen, flying through a crowd of bodies.
    • 49' Beattie is almost in on the right but his shot is blocked for a corner by Knight.
    • 48' Simonsen with a bit of work to do as Agbonlahor's cross spins towards goal and almost catches him out, but strong hands from the Englishman.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' STOKE SUB: Sorensen - who picked up a knock early on and was responsible for a goalkeeping howler that led Villa take the lead - comes off for Steve Simonsen.
    • 45+1 Half-time, Villa lead 1-0 through Stiliyan Petrov's strike just before the break!
    • 45' Milner chases the ball down the right, he nods it past Higginbotham and puts in a cross for Heskey but headed straight at Sorensen!
    • 44' Barry with a through ball to Milner, he turns and plays it right to Petrov who takes a touch and hammers a shot on goal and it beats Sorensen and flies in! Terrible from Sorensen, it was a powerful shot but straight at him and it went through his flailing arms! 1-0 to Villa.
    • 41' Petrov on the ball, he turns neatly into space on the edge of the Stoke box and he drills in a low shot but it goes wide.
    • 38' Milner on the right sends a high cross to the far post which Peter Phillips claims with ease.
    • 37' A promising move by Stoke but Beattie is opffside when he gets on to Faye's high diagonal ball.
    • 35' Villa go wide left to Young who beats Wilkinson but the low cross is poor, behind all his team-mates and straight to Shawcross who clears.
    • 34' Wilkinson wins a throw near the corner flag and Ashley Young is angry, talking himself into the book in the process.
    • 31' Still with Villa as another ball comes in from the right AND KNIGHT WITH A HEADER but just over!!
    • 30' Terrible free-kick from Villa, a short routine that merely gives Stoke time to close them down. It pops up on the right for Villa though, Barry drills it in low and AGBONLAHOR IS THERE but cleared by Sonko!
    • 29' Shawcross goes into the back of Heskey, yellow card.
    • 26' Barry sends it far post but Stoke are nothing if not good in the air and clear with relative ease.
    • 25' Barry gets into the box but his effort is blocked behind for a corner by Shawcross. It's taken short and Milner tries a cross but Pugh blocks and another corner is awarded to Villa.
    • 24' Villa are utterly in control of this match but with Stoke playing long ball anything can happen with the knockdowns.
    • 22' Barry is furious with the referee after being called for a foul on Sidibe when in fairness it seemed that Sidibe fouled him! No card though, just a word.
    • 20' Barry seemed to win the ball but is penalsied for sliding in on Lawrence.
    • 18' Young launches it into the box but Stoke manage to get it clear.
    • 17' Wilkinson fouls Ashley Young on the Villa left, the ref has a word but no card.
    • 16' Corner to Villa but the visitors clear... still with the home side though and they get a throw on the right.
    • 14' The corner is swung near post and surely Friedel was fouled as he drops it but nothing given and Faye tries a backheel but blocked.
    • 13' Stoke have barely left their own half but do this time as Sorensen's goal-kick is won by a yellow shirt... Villa fail to deal with a high ball from Lawrence on the right which is flicked on by Beattie and Sidibe turns and shoots but deflected over!
    • 11' Villa still piling it on but Sorensen claims with Heskey flying in for the header.
    • 10' Sorensen is injured after that collision but he'll be okay to continue.
    • 9' Free-kick to Newcastle on the left, it's played in short for Luke Young who drills it low and Agbonlahor flies in to collide with Sorensenbut and hacked off the line by Higginbotham!
    • 6' Unsurprisingly it has been all Villa so far, as Agbonlahor almost gets on to Cuellar's header across goal.
    • 3' Early pressure from Villa as Milner gets down the left and stands a good far-post cross that is headed across goal by Petrov and Agbonlahor is there but his shot is blocked and Stoke scramble it clear!
    • 1' Match underway at Villa Park!
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Aston Villa v Stoke, a Midlands derby of sorts from 15:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Stoke City
    64% Possession 35%
    11 Shots 12
    3 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 1
    6 Corners 6
    12 Fouls 7
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 27
    350 Accurate passes 159
    79 Bad passes 43

  • 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
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 6 2
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 2
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 12 1
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 1
      6 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 58 21 0
      19 Stilian Petrov 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 63 10 3
      8 James Milner 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 37 12 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 6 3
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 5 1
      18 Emile Heskey 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 24 7 0
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 John Carew 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      17 Ryan Shawcross 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 2 1
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 1
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 9
      14 Danny Pugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 4
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 12 0 0
      18 Salif Diao 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 24 5 2
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 6 2
      20 James Beattie 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 13 2 1
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 6 2
      6 Glenn Whelan 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 3 2
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 1
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Long from Sonko, Villa don't deal with it, Petrov tries to clear but it rebounds off Fuller AND WHELAN FLIES IN WITH A LOW DRIVE THAT ZIPS PAST FRIEDEL AND INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! 2-2! What a comeback! Villa can't believe it, they have switched off and dropped two points!
    • 88' Whelan gets it on the right, he swings over a high, dipping cross AND SHAWCROSS GETS A MASSIVE LEAP OVER DAVIES TO POWER A HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT! STOKE BACK IN IT!!
    • 87' Good play by Fuller on the left, he plays a one-two with Lawrence and is in but his low cross-shot is blocked behind for a corner by Friedel. The delivery is good too but Friedel palms it away!
    • 85' Whelan on the ball, he runs towards the edge of the D and drills a low shot on goal but it comes off the inside of the post, goes across the line and away! Hacked out for a throw!
    • 78' Petrov on the ball, he plays it low to Carew on the edge of the box AND CAREW CONNECTS WITH A GLORIOUS CHIP THAT LOOPS OVER SORENSEN AND INTO THE TOP LEFT! What a goal! Villa home and dry.
    • 70' Villa are having their best spell of the half as Young sends in a good cross from the left. Stoke don't clear and it spins up to Milner who shoots but deflected and over for a corner!
    • 67' Fuller gets the ball with his back to goal, takes it on his chest, turns and volleys and it's just over! Great effort by the Jamaican.
    • 63' Fuller on the ball, he holds off one challenge and runs into the box and he can shoot here but Luke Young slides across with a superb tackle to save the day! He had to get that spot-on otherwise it would have been a penalty and a red.
    • 61' Beattie on the right and Young over-commits in sliding and and Beats is free to pick out the cross but he sends it too deep! They were queueing up for that.
    • 45' Milner chases the ball down the right, he nods it past Higginbotham and puts in a cross for Heskey but headed straight at Sorensen!
    • 44' Barry with a through ball to Milner, he turns and plays it right to Petrov who takes a touch and hammers a shot on goal and it beats Sorensen and flies in! Terrible from Sorensen, it was a powerful shot but straight at him and it went through his flailing arms! 1-0 to Villa.
    • 41' Petrov on the ball, he turns neatly into space on the edge of the Stoke box and he drills in a low shot but it goes wide.
    • 31' Still with Villa as another ball comes in from the right AND KNIGHT WITH A HEADER but just over!!
    • 30' Terrible free-kick from Villa, a short routine that merely gives Stoke time to close them down. It pops up on the right for Villa though, Barry drills it in low and AGBONLAHOR IS THERE but cleared by Sonko!
    • 14' The corner is swung near post and surely Friedel was fouled as he drops it but nothing given and Faye tries a backheel but blocked.
    • 9' Free-kick to Newcastle on the left, it's played in short for Luke Young who drills it low and Agbonlahor flies in to collide with Sorensenbut and hacked off the line by Higginbotham!
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Aston Villa v Stoke, a Midlands derby of sorts from 15:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Aston Villa

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • C. Cuéllar
    • C. Davies
    • Z. Knight
    • L. Young
    • J. Milner
    • S. Petrov Goal
    • G. Barry
    • A. Young Yellow Card
    • E. Heskey Substitution Out (75′)
    • G. Agbonlahor

    Subs

    • J. Carew Substitution In75′ Goal
    • M. Harewood
    • N. Shorey
    • N. Reo-Coker
    • C. Gardner
    • N. Delfouneso
    • B. Guzan

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Stoke City

    Captain: Thomas Sorensen

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen Substitution Out (46′)
    • R. Shawcross Goal Yellow Card
    • D. Higginbotham
    • S. Diao
    • I. Sonko
    • A. Faye Substitution Out (65′)
    • A. Wilkinson
    • D. Pugh Substitution Out (53′)
    • L. Lawrence
    • M. Sidibe
    • J. Beattie

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen Substitution In46′
    • R. Cresswell
    • R. Fuller Substitution In53′
    • S. Kelly
    • H. Camara
    • G. Whelan Substitution In65′ Goal
    • L. Cort

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. unlucky villa

    From J, on Sun 1 Mar 8:05PM

  2. Cmon villa , laern to defend at the end!
    NEVER STOP

    From t.fellows10, on Sun 1 Mar 8:04PM

  3. Cmon villa , laern to defend at the end!
    NEVER STOP

    From t.fellows10, on Sun 1 Mar 8:03PM

  4. man united arent lucky they have individuals who can­ turn matches with one piece of brilliance and know how­ to grind out results when playing badly villla just­ arent that experienced yet if only we could play at­ home like we do away we'd be top not man u lol

    From pete the greek, on Sun 1 Mar 7:14PM

  5. it could be worse we could be west brom being relegated­ and wolves taking their place LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

    From pete the greek, on Sun 1 Mar 7:09PM

  6. Its aout time Martin ralised Gabby is alight weight and­ give delfonouso a run he cannt put any less effort in­ he just runs around ( now and again) being none­ productive whats the use of having subs if you are­ never going to use them we are getting to predictable­ and at Knight well what a waste of money hurry up back­ Martin.The kids played well in mid week give them a­ shout

    From Chris, on Sun 1 Mar 6:05PM

  7. arsenal might have drawn yesterday
    but at least they­ didn't concede 2 goals in­ 2minutes!
    LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    VILLA­ HAVE THE SHITTEST EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD; CHAMPIONS­ LEAGUE, YOU'RE AVIN A LAUGHHHHHHHHH

    From aneeshadeo1, on Sun 1 Mar 5:52PM

  8. Andrew A, no you're not... I think we are at least­ 2 idiots...

    Well, my team isn't doing too well­ too because of stupid Benitez... Are we all unlucky­ Arsenal, Villa and Liverpool fans or supporting a team­ with not a real fighting spirit... or is it that United­ really have a winning mentality or are they just lucky­ ?

    A frustrated Liverpool fan

    From Mervin A, on Sun 1 Mar 5:50PM

  9. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!
    Top 4....My backside

    Will­ Paddy now be taking 40,000 fans to McDonalds to say­ sorry

    I bet he wished he fielded a full strength team­ in Moscow

    All I can say to you villa fans who backed­ his decision (EVEN WHEN YOU LOST) on Thursday night­ is.....MUGS !!!!!!!

    From up-the-baggies, on Sun 1 Mar 5:41PM
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    come on liverpool the best

    From ehrsagem1, on Sun 1 Mar 5:31PM

  11. Aston Villa is @#$%

    From Henry, on Sun 1 Mar 5:24PM

  12. Unbeilevable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you have to give a lot­ of credit to the Stoke players who fought and fought to­ get their goals, WELL DONE STOKE!!!

    From ritchiecallaghan2k7, on Sun 1 Mar 5:20PM

  13. Arsenal dropped a clear chance of filling in the gap­ with AV. What a shame for what we saw yesterday.­ ARsenal shoudl say good bye for the coveted Champions­ League.. Hiiiiiii hiiii.

    From sinabatu, on Sun 1 Mar 5:15PM

  14. no i in team try telling agbonlahor that the lazy­ greedy @#$%

    From svilla68, on Sun 1 Mar 5:15PM

  15. am i the only idiot that realizes yesterday ARSEnal­ draw as well rofl

    From Andrew A, on Sun 1 Mar 5:15PM

  16. villa stupid team.

    From demi, on Sun 1 Mar 5:11PM

  17. sorry to ruin your dream emy but 0-0 draws dont win­ titles.....long live boring boring gooners...always the­ intertoto next year for ya...... mighty blues for the­ treble.

    From nickjonests, on Sun 1 Mar 5:10PM

  18. COME ON YOU POTTERS!
    please dont cry too hard villa­ fans

    From NEVILLE, on Sun 1 Mar 5:10PM

  19. Dear mr Kojackxx, 3 points at Stoke and 2 points you­ chucked today.

    From BRY, on Sun 1 Mar 5:09PM
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    arsenal is the best team in England

    From bahram, on Sun 1 Mar 5:09PM
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