Portsmouth 0 Villa 1 – verdict
Tuesday 27th January 2009, 9:54PM GMT.
A debut goal from Emile Heskey earned Villa third place and a club-record sixth straight away win in the Premier League.
See also: Portsmouth 0 Aston Villa 1 – in pictures
The £3.5million England striker met Gabby Agbonlahor’s flick on with his right foot to net after just 21 minutes of his claret and blue debut.
Nadir Belhadj received a red card for Pompey with 20 minutes to go to put them really up against it and Tony Adams’ side could find no way back.
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just want to sy thanks lads for the memories uo to know.And please finish the 2nd part of the season as you have the 1st,and 1 other thing please martin o’neill go out and sign micheal owen!
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what a debut goal for heskey lets hope more 2 come
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It may not have been pretty at times but for a team who, prior to MON’s reign, managed just 3 away wins in 2 seasons, its a fantastic turn around!
One thing you can say about Villa is we defend as a whole team incredibly well!
Heskey was a powerhouse last night and in my book, a better player than John Carew.
The return of Ashley Young will see our attack become a bit more free flowing too because you wont be able to double up on Ash or Gabby when you have someone like Heskey or Big John up there.
Credit also to Luke Young, Knight, Petrov and Milner who were terrific last night!
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Oh and not forgetting Brad Friedel…What a keeper!!
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