Premier League Round Up: Aston Villa and Birmingham City - 12 January 2011
Aston Villa
Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner is looking to make his mark for the club, following his successful return from his yearlong injury. The player suffered a cruciate knee ligament concern last season and aims to play on top of his game to prove his worth to Villa manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Houllier. His first match after the injury, for the reserves, saw him score two goals in the 10-1 annihilation of Arsenal reserves to regain their pole position of the Southern Group.
"When you hear the gaffer speaking highly of you, you feel really wanted. I just want to show him now what I have got. I want to show him how dedicated and determined I am to play for him. I will give him 100 per cent. I want to get into his plans," stated the 18-year- old midfielder.
Birmingham City
Birmingham City young striker Matt Derbyshire looks to get more first team opportunities following his impressive display against Millwall in the FA Cup. The player scored twice to guide his side to a 4-1 thrashing of Millwall, in what would be the perfect way to get back into the starting XI. Derbyshire, who played for Blackburn before moving to Olympiacos, has struggled to find his form while on loan to Birmingham City. However, he believes that the brace would help him get over that.
"It's been very difficult for me. I won't lie to you. I haven't been given a massive opportunity at Birmingham City so far. I was obviously thinking 'is this the right place for me at the moment?' But hopefully this can be the start of things to come for me back in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749," stated the striker.
Birmingham would be disappointed to have slipped to a 2-1 defeat to West Ham United last night. Despite the Hammers playing the second half with 10 men, they managed to find the winning goal, thanks to a howler from Birmingham goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ben-Foster-c7445. The side would now want to manage at least a 2-0 victory over the Hammers to progress through to the final to face either Arsenal or Ipswich Town, who lock horns today.
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