Here is a breakdown of the Villa’s best and worst performers in terms of ratings and statistics vs Man City with no real stand-out performers!
Player Ratings
Shay Given – 6.5 – could do very little with 4 well taken goals and made a couple of decent, if not comfortable stops
Alan Hutton – 6.5 – unsurprisingly more involved in a tougher defensive test, distribution still needs work
Richard Dunne – 6.5 – worked hard to keep the score down but in vain in the most part
Ciaran Clark – 6 – tough task to come in against City lacking in match practice and was really tested
Stephen Warnock – 6.5 – a costly slip effectively killed the game off but worked hard going forward and back and made up for mistake with a goal
Stiliyan Petrov – 6.5 – broke up play well but overrun and offered little in terms of creativity
Fabian Delph – 6 – understandably out of his depth a little as he continues to learn the Premier League game
Emile Heskey – 5.5 – completely ineffectual and tactic didn’t pay off, subbed through ‘injury’
Stephen Ireland – 6 – no chance of impressing in attack so rarely got into the game but working harder
Gabby Agbonlahor – 6.5 – willing running but should have either scored or squared early on to take the lead
Darren Bent – 5.5 – completely anonymous and isolated in the most part, needs to work harder to get himself into games
Subs
Charles N’Zogbia – 6.5 – not a bad cameo but couldn’t get involved in attack despite tackling well
Barry Bannan – 6 – silly booking on a frustrating afternoon for Villa
Marc Albrighton – no time
Player Statistics
Most Shots: Stephen Warnock (3 out of 3 on target)
Most Aerial Duels Won: Emile Heskey (won 2 of 3)
Most Touches: Alan Hutton (67), Stiliyan Petrov (62)
Most Passes: Stiliyan Petrov (45), Alan Hutton (41)
Best Accuracy: Stephen Warnock (89%), Clark & Delph (84%)
Most Chances Created: Stephen Warnock (2)
Best Long Ball Range: Barry Bannan (3 of 15on target), Richard Dunne (5 of 8 on target)
Top Crosser: Stiliyan Petrov (2 of 2 on target)
Top Tackler: Ciaran Clark (4)
Most Interceptions: Stiliyan Petrov (9)
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