Game #5105
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Lost
15th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
Attendance: 39,411
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | Stephen Warnock | 82’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Eric Lichaj and Villa try to hold off ten-man Tottenham but are beaten for the fourth time in five under Gérard Houllier to leave them with just three wins in their last twelve Premier League games, Sunday, 26 December 2010.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 26 December 2010
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Rafael van der Vaart
🟥 | 27’ Sending off, (Tottenham Hotspur), Jermaine Defoe
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Jonathan Hogg
🔁 | 39’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jonathan Hogg, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 | 56’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Rafael van der Vaart
🔁 | 74’ Sub off Fabian Delph, Sub on, Robert Pirès
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-2, Marc Albrighton, Assist by Stephen Warnock
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
ON THIS DAY
Villa return to losing ways under Gérard Houllier as Tottenham, with a man less for over an hour, easily beat Villa as Jonathan Hogg made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Watford on a free transfer in August 2011. Hogg had made his debut earlier in the season and in total made 7 appearances during his 4 months in first team contention.
Whilst the defeat was chastening what was more concerning was that the gap of 15 days since the last game - Villa’s victory over Albion, which in itself was overshadowed by Houllier’s idiotic Liverpool comments - had been filled with further acrimony within the squad towards the manager.
17 December 2010
“I’ve read about dissent in the squad over training methods but it is not true.
“I know it is different to what it was before but it is not true and the players will adapt gradually.
“We do a lot of work with the ball, we play a lot of games, we do some tactics as well.
“Do people have to adapt to a new manager and methods? In a way, yes. You adapt or you die. We are changing a lot of things and that upsets the comfort of some players.
“I am not going to talk about the players who are dissenting and not happy. Any manager who runs a team knows the players who are playing are happy, and the players who are not playing are not happy.
“They think the methods are not good and they think the manager is not the right person but we have to live with that.
“We know that we are changing things, we know that sometimes people are whingeing and moaning but they have a fantastic job.
“They are paid high wages to play and enjoy football. This is a fantastic job and sometimes you forget that.” Gérard Houllier
Aston Villa
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UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
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Last Trophy: 1995-96
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007-08
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Sunday, 26 December 2010
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | Thérouanne, 2010-2011
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 4 🟥 7 | 1.19
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022 🆘
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 22 Aug 10, Villa 0-6 Newcastle (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Patrick Keane
TEAM NEWS
Gérard Houllier's infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty gets a new member as Richard Dunne joins Stephen Ireland, Habib Bèye and Moustapha Salifou in the twilight zone.
Meanwhile, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fabian Delph (first start of the season following injury) replace Ashley Young and Barry Bannan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.64 |
Youngest Player |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 21.11 |
MANAGER
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Heurelho Gomes | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
LB Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 🇨🇲 |
CB Younès Kaboul | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Rafael van der Vaart | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Wilson Palacios | 🇭🇳 |
M Luka Modrić | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Gareth Bale | 🏴 |
W Aaron Lennon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴 | 🟥 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 39’ |
🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Robert Pirès | 🇫🇷 | for M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 74’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Rafael van der Vaart | 🇳🇱 | (CF Peter Crouch (ex) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Luka Modrić | 🇭🇷 | (CB Vedran Ćorluka | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | W Aaron Lennon | 🏴 | (M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
CB Sébastien Bassong | 🇨🇲 |
M Niko Kranjcar | 🇭🇷 |
CF Roman Pavlyuchenko | 🇷🇺 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI: £48.06m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 7/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Team Cost: £143.51m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
Bomb Squad | 4 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
Out on Loan | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | Leicester
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
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
🔴 M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴 | 2010-11 | 🕒 7 | 7 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 | #825 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 63%
Possession A | 37%
Shots F | 26
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 15
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 11
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Sunday, 26 December 2010