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Game #4374

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 May 1995

Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Attendance: 30,133

Manchester City

Villa Park

Villa stop a run of three defeats but are held at home by Manchester City as Villa get the benefit of a refereeing blunder for the first time this season as Ugo Ehiogu puts Brian Little's side ahead with his hand. City however hit back to equalise and leave Villa eighteenth in the Premier League table, two points ahead of third from bottom Palace with two games to play.

Aston Villa

1-1

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Shaun Teale | 9’ |

KEY MAN

Ugo Ehiogu, the only time he was ever compared to Maradona

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 3 May 1995

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Shaun Teale
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Uwe Rösler
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City

🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Shaun Teale, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Villa stop the run of losses but remain in 18th place having managed just a single win in the last 11 Premier League fixtures.

Former Villa ‘keeper John Burridge lined up for Manchester City. Burridge left Villa in 1978 aged 26 and was still playing regular first team football 17 years later.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Manchester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Wednesday, 3 May 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 19 December 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Manchester City

🟨

Steve Lodge

TEAM NEWS

Brian Little named an unchanged line up from the side that had gone down to a late Leeds goal in the previous fixture.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.32 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.44 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.51 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Manchester City

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Richard Edghill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Fitzroy Simpson | 🇯🇲 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
CF Uwe Rösler | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 | (W Peter Beagrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Uwe Rösler | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | (M Maurizio Gaudino | 🇩🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Martyn Margetson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"ASTON VILLA are still deep in relegation trouble after failing to capitalise on a drought-breaking goal from the 'Hand of Ehiogu' against Manchester City at Villa Park last night."

*The Irish Independent*
Thursday, 4 May 1995

'Hand of Ehiogu' fails to inspire Villa

ASTON VILLA are still deep in relegation trouble after failing to capitalise on a drought-breaking goal from the 'Hand of Ehiogu' against Manchester City at Villa Park last night.

Ugo Ehiogu came to Villa's rescue in Diego Maradona fashion as he succeeded where his attacking colleagues have failed, becoming the first Villa player to score in 12 hours and 59 minutes of football since Andy Townsend netted at Newcastle on February 25.

The breakthrough came after nine minutes, when Steve Staunton, having played a one-two from a corner with Dwight Yorke, crossed the ball superbly to the near post, where Shaun Teale stooped to send a diving header looping goalwards.

Ehiogu seemed to use a hand to bundle the ball past John Burridge but that didn't matter to Villa's delighted fans.

However, delight was replaced by despair when City equalised in 63 minutes.

Shaun Teale was unable to deter Niall Quinn down the right wing, and the Republic of Ireland striker sent over a tantalising low centre, from which Uwe Rosier scored, despite managing only half a connection.

Villa are now just two points ahead of Crystal Palace.