I was very surprised after Milner was sub on Saturday to see him start from the bench but delighted to see Gabby get his start.

After three minutes Gabby showed how he has improved from a good pass by Barry he had the pace to take it forward and a bit of a scuffed cross and an untidy finish by Crouch meant Gabby already justified his place.

Then after 21 minutes Gabby gets set free and showed some poise and obviously pace to get a shot on target, good stuff from a player who 7 months ago was getting booed from the villa ‘faithful’, they should be embarrassed.

It was a decent first half from Gabby but it is true to say that England are not sure how best to play to his strengths and down the channels with his pace and power. As I continued to watch the game the mystery was how SWP can be picked on the left instead of Milner.

The second half left off where the first ended, very low key but Gabby at least produced something after an hour which got a corner which led to the SWP goal. Then luckily for us came off nice and fit and ready for Chelsea.

Gabby can be happy with his nights work done his chances no harm at all with one assist and a bit of power running to get the corner for the 2nd goal.

Finally after 75 minutes Milner got on, as LEFT BACK !! hmmmm