Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
We failed to win the match and we slipped to third place.
Although our title bid seems to fade right now,but if we compare our result with Chelsea’s and Liverpool’s game at Villa Park,that’s quite good considering Chelsea and Liverpool got away with no points.Villa should have won the game if not for Almunia’s alertness throughout the game.
The worst news is however,the Vermalen’s injury.He injured his fibula and will be definitely out for Devils clash this weekend.We are now not sure how long he will be out.Hopefully the injury will be the light one.
Let’s see Wenger’s comment about this match:
On Aston Villa…
“They play a very efficient English game, with long balls and it is very physical. They are a good side at counter attacking. When we took the gamble to go forward and they won the ball, they are quick and that is why it was always us managing to create chances and score, or them catching us on the counter attack or playing on Agbonlahor or Heskey with long balls.”
He’s correct.What’s caught the other Big Four was the sudden counter-attack by O’Neil’s squad.Even Devils succumbed to a defeat at Old Trafford because of such a play.Villa’s tactic against the big teams is to play solid at the defense and try to score through counter-attacks.
On if he would be happy to replace Vermaelen with Sol Campbell should he need to on Sunday…
“Sol has not played for six months and just in three days he had two big games, so I will have to see how he recovers.”
The phrase he in “how he recovers” seems to refer to Vermalen,although I think he refers to Campbell himself.Campbell should be good enough against smaller teams but our next three games seem like too heavy for him to take after carrying 6 months of dust.Perhaps if he can clean all those dust in this three days he can make something.
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