http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Friedel-c7953 lauds new spirit at Aston Villa
Aston Villa shot-stopper Brad Friedel has described his side’s 3-3 draw to Champions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 as “inspirational.”
The Aston Villa goalkeeper was happy with his team’s response against Chelsea and believes that such a performance can turn around Villa’s otherwise troublesome season.
"It's a massive point. We've been in such a bad run of form we needed something and it's great to get it at Stamford Bridge. We went down 3-2 and all credit to the lads. We've got over what I thought was a poor penalty decision against us at the start and
we've fought back and hopefully this will kick-start our season and we can get back up the table," stated the 39-year-old goalkeeper.
In what is considered as one of the best matches in the Premier League this season, Aston Villa were a goal down courtesy of a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 spot kick in the first half.
The visitors then managed an impressive comeback when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813 converted a penalty, followed by a close-range header from Emile Heskey to take the score line to 2-1 in their favour.
Villa were leading the match until the 80th minute before the hosts pulled off a late come back. Ivorian striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 goal. The match,
however, was not over as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ciaran-Clark-c9247 managed an injury-time header to snatch away two valuable points from an already-in-trouble Chelsea.
Aston Villa now host an in-form Sunderland at Villa park, who managed an impressive 3-0 victory over Blackburn in the first weekend of 2011. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 leading the attack force, Villa would have to be on their toes in
defence.
Villa lie dangerously close to the drop zone and any more dropped points can see them back into the bottom three. The form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emile-Heskey-c12468 and Ashley Young would be vital in this fixture.
Tags: