Ciaran Clark continues to impress in Premier League
Aston Villa has one of the most depleted squads in the English Premier League, since most of their experienced players are sidelined due to injuries. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ciaran-Clark-c9247 is one of the very few youngsters at Aston Villa, who made full use of the opportunities
that were provided to them.
Ciaran Clark has recently performed extraordinarily well, especially against the top teams in the Barclays Premier League. The young Irishman scored twice against Arsenal in a 4-2 defeat last month, even though he only played the second half of the match.
Better still, the 21-year-old scored a crucial equaliser against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 last weekend. Clark headed in the equaliser in the 92nd minute to silence the Stamford Bridge faithful.
Moreover, manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Houllier has also claimed that he was very impressed by Clark’s quality. Houllier insisted that Clark is one of the players who have impressed him the most following the Frenchman’s appointment at Villa Park. In spite of Clark being
a defender by nature, he has flourished in the central midfielder role, much to the delight of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 manager.
While talking about Clark’s performance in recent weeks, Gerrard Houllier said, "He's young, he can run, he can play, and so I'm pleased to see him in the midfield. At the moment, I've got two good centre-backs but he's a good player so I'm using him as
a defensive midfielder, because he can pass, he can score as he's shown and he reads the game well. I also like his work-rate and attitude."
Ciaran Clark, who is also a product of the Aston Villa youth academy, has made a total of 11 senior appearances for Villa. The majority of those have come this season under Gerrard Houllier. The 21-year-old featured 10 times this season and has scored three
crucial goals for the Villans.
Despite donning the esteemed captain’s arm band for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987. Moreover, the young Irishman has become a hot property in the football world,
and a lot of European sides are willing to sign him.
Ciaran Clark is expected to start Aston Villa’s next match against Sunderland at Villa Park on Wednesday.
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