No shocks as MON names the same team as Everton in a game that VILLA for MON’s sake simply HAS to win.

No excuses for this one

Bad News before the game started as Sky reveal Delph picked up a ‘serious knee injury’ in training

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FULL TIME and a well deserved win in a dominating performance. Well done Nath for your first goal and the the league win

81 mins – GOALLLL, the Fonz pokes it in from Heskey’s flick on, first league goal

79 mins – yet another clear pen on Petrov not given, the Fonz on for Gabby

72 mins – Downing heads over

70 mins – Heskey on for Carew, who has done nothing this half

61 mins – good Miler shot saves, total and utter Villa dominance

58 mins – yet another clear pen turned down

55 mins – Gabby heads straight at James from a Young cross, glaring miss

53 mins – Milner shoots straight at James

52 mins – total Villa dominance but usual problem of lack of chances

SECOND HALF – No changes

HALF TIME – Villa dominated all the chances and possession and should really be three or even four up, Pompey look threatening on the couter but we created an awful lot in that half

40 mins – And David James of course saves it, straight at him from Carew

39 mins – AT LAST CLEAR PENALTY GIVEN

36 mins – EFFING REF, how on earth can that NOT be a pen on Gabby, clearly pulled down, clear pen

31 mins – Freidel makes a save from a free kick

28 mins – game settled down a bit now but as sky just said hardly a tackle in it, like a pre-season game, different from the next two I suspect !

20 mins – Villa hit the post after a deflected Young cross, we are all over them when we attack but they look dangerous on the counter attack

16 mins – Carew breaks the offside trap and this time no chance, this score could be anything

15 mins – Strong run by Gabby and Carew misses a sitter

13 mins – Downing forces a good save, but Villa look shell shocked

9 mins – disaster as Pompey tear us apart to go one up

6 mins – Bright start continues as both sides going for it, Pompey look weak down the wings

4 mins – Friedel makes a very good save after at he other end Carew messes up a decent chance

2 mins – Very good start to the game, end to end and Villa get two early corners, plenty of empty seats at Fratton Park

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