“That's the most intense spell of pressure 23 have been under this season. “I personally have never experienced an atmosphere like that, with the fervour of the crowd really carrying the Sunderland team forward. "At half time I told the players not to be complacent and to think that it was still 0-0. “We were expecting a bit of a Sunderland come back but nothing that strong. "It needed every ounce of professionalism and character that Ron Saunders has built into Aston Villa in the last five years to withstand that bout of pressure." Roy MacLaren.