Game #4955
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Drew
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Attendance: 41,686
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
4-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | John Carew | 14’ | Martin Laursen | 44’ | Ashley Young | 72’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa secure their second 4-4 draw of the season but this time they are the comeback kings as a 90'+2 penalty earns them a point at title challengers Chelsea.
KEY MAN
Gareth Barry celebrates hitting his injury time equaliser against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to secure Villa's second 4-4 Premier League draw of the season, Wednesday, 26 December 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Shaun Maloney, Assist by John Carew
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Shaun Maloney, Assist by Martin Laursen
🟥 | 45’+4 Sending off, Zat Knight
🥅 | 45’+5 Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea, pen), Andriy Shevchenko
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Shaun Maloney, Sub on, Curtis Davies
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 2-2, (Chelsea), Andriy Shevchenko
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 2-3, (Chelsea), Alex
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-3, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Luke Moore
🟥 | 80’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Ricardo Carvalho
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 3-4, (Chelsea), Michael Ballack
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Marlon Harewood
🟥 | 90’+1 Sending off, (Chelsea), Ashley Cole
⚽ | 90’+2 Goal, 4-4, Gareth Barry (pen)
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa draw a third successive and record their second 4-4 of the season but this time it's the Villa who claim an injury time equaliser as a game with three red cards ends all square.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 63 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 23 🟥 18 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016 🆘
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 Nov 07, Villa 4-0 Blackburn (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Phil Dowd
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨
Chelsea
🟥 🟥 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.22 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
José Mourinho | 🇵🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CB Ricardo Carvalho | 🇵🇹 | 🟥 |
CB Alex | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 |
M Michael Essien | 🇬🇭 | 🟨 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴 |
W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 |
CF Andriy Shevchenko | 🇺🇦 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Claudio Pizarro | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | for M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 78’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🟨 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Frank Lampard | 🏴 | (M Michael Ballack | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Andriy Shevchenko | 🇺🇦 | (W Shaun Wright-Phillips | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Claudio Pizarro | 🇵🇪 | (M Mikel John Obi | 🇳🇬 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Henrique Hilario | 🇵🇹 |
CB Tal Ben Haim (yth) | 🇮🇱 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 27%
Possession A | 73%
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 8
Shots F | 13
Shots A | 17
Touches F | 363
Touches A | 732
Passes F | 173
Passes A | 530
Tackles F | 28
Tackles A | 20
Clearances F | 31
Clearances A | 33
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 3
Offsides A | 5
Offsides F | 2
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 10
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"There wasn't one decision we got. If we get the next 15 it will only semi-make up for it.
"We were playing brilliantly. We deserved to be 2-0 in front but the penalty was really dubious and it's a major point in the game.
"Suddenly it's 2-1, we've got a man sent off and play the whole of the second half with 10 men.
"It was never a free-kick (before Ballack's goal). Amazingly, I thought the referee might give it but never in a month of Sundays was it a free-kick and they scored from it.
"The referee didn't see it and the linesman spotted it - I'm grateful for him spotting a straightforward decision and I'm so grateful linesmen have spotted things they should spot.
"We were absolutely terrific and deserved it and even now I don't know if I'm delighted to get a point in the last minute of the game or whether I'm disappointed that we haven't won."
Martin O’Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
*Gareth Barry’s late penalty earned Villa a draw in an incredible game.*
Shaun Maloney volleyed Villa ahead and Petr Cech’s gaffe gifted him a second but Zat Knight saw red and Andriy Shevchenko netted from the spot.
Shevchenko spanked Chelsea level and Alex crashed in a third but Martin Laursen equalised before Ricardo Carvalho saw red for a nasty lunge.
Michael Ballack’s free-kick seemed to have won it but Barry made it 4-4 when Ashley Cole was sent off for handball.
At 2-0 down with seconds to go before the interval, an out-of-sorts Chelsea would probably have been thrilled with a point and the chance to extend their 71-game home unbeaten league run.
But having played the entire second half against ten men and twice led in the final 15 minutes, boss Avram Grant will be furious with his side’s failure to protect their lead.
The tone was set from the outset as Chelsea made a sloppy start and early mistakes by full-backs Ashley Cole and Paulo Ferreira saw Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor drag efforts narrowly wide.
Villa’s wing duo were the chief tormentors of Chelsea in their victory over Jose Mourinho’s Blues at Villa Park earlier in the season.
And it was no surprise when Agbonlahor worked his magic to tee up the away side’s thoroughly deserved opener.
Agbonlahor robbed Salomon Kalou and worked some space on the right before finding the imposing figure of John Carew and his clever header back across goal was volleyed in by Maloney.
Chelsea were struggling to deal with the pace and direct running of Villa’s wingers and Agbonlahor had two further chances.
He blazed the first over from a tight angle and saw a deflected shot well kept out by Cech.
Chelsea’s cause was hardly helped by a thigh injury to the inspirational Frank Lampard, although it did allow Ballack to come on for his first taste of Premier League action since April.
The Blues’s only noteworthy chance of the opening half an hour came from the boot of Joe Cole but his weak effort was easily saved by Scott Carson.
But just as the Londoners began to look like getting back into the match, Maloney doubled Villa’s lead courtesy of a terrible blunder by Cech.
The former Celtic striker took aim from 20 yards and Cech went down on one knee to gather but got his angles all wrong and the ball squirmed up off his arm and into the corner of the net.
At 2-0 and with Chelsea all at sea and Villa in control and full of confidence, the game looked as good as over.
But the whole complexion changed deep into stoppage time.
Michael Essien scuffed a shot from 25 yards and the ball fortuitously fell to Ballack who got in front of Knight and was bundled over before he could reach the ball.
Referee Phil Dowd sent off Knight and Shevchenko coolly sent Carson the wrong way from the penalty spot.
Shevchenko then had a glorious chance to level within two minutes of the restart but he shot tamely at Carson from the edge of the box.
However he did not have to wait long.
Kalou wriggled free on the edge of the box and laid the ball across to Shevchenko who took one touch and spanked home a vicious shot that deceived Carson in the air.
Chelsea were rampant and the pressure was relentless.
Kalou blazed over, Ballack twice went close from 20 yards but it was Alex who put Chelsea ahead.
The Brazilian centre-half Alex brought the ball out of defence, exchanged passes with Shevchenko and showed neat footwork before fizzing a low shot into the bottom corner.
Villa though were not beaten and Laursen soon restored parity when he guided a volleyed effort home from Young’s beautifully curled free-kick.
Carvalho then saw red for a terrible two-footed lunge on Agbonlahor to level up the number of players.
Both teams were still going for the victory and it was the hosts who seemed to have got it when Ballack stroked home a wonderful 87th-minute free-kick.
Amazingly there was still time for Villa to level.
Villa kept the ball alive in the box and Agbonlahor’s header was cleared off the line by Ashley Cole.
Cole claimed it was headed away but Villa screamed penalty for handball and referee Dowd agreed.
And Barry showed great composure to earn Villa a deserved point from the spot and put a huge dent in Chelsea’s title aspirations.
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