Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert after the game: “We came here with a lot of injuries & knocks, but credit to every one of them, they were outstanding”
FT: Norwich City 0-1 Aston Villa
Final stats from Norwich City vs Aston Villa:
Relief for Villa’s defence at long last:
Full time at Carrow Road. Aston Villa win 1-0. 90′ - We have FIVE added minutes at Carrow Road. 88′ - Spectacular save from Guzan to deny Gary Hooper. 84′ – YELLOW CARD: Michael Turner gets cautioned for a rash foul on Luna. 82′ - van Wolfswinkel sees his effort on goal deflected for a corner. Nothing comes out of it as Villa gain possession. 77′ – SUBSTITUTION: Yacouba Sylla comes on for Aleksandar Tonev. 76′ – Free kick goes to waste as Pilkington doesn’t hit the ball cleanly from a cleverly worked set piece. 75′ - Free kick in a dangerous area for Norwich. Snodgrass over it. 71′ – Clark comes close to doubling Villa’s lead. Heads wide from a corner. TEAM NEWS from Boleyn Ground: West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, O’Brien, Rat, Collins, Reid, Noble, Morrison, Nolan, Diame, Jarvis, Maiga Everton: Howard, Coleman, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Naismith, Mirallas, Osman, Barry, Barkley, Jelavic 63′ – SUBSTITUTION: Double change for Norwich City. Gary Hooper and Anthony Pilkington come on for Elmander and Redmond. For those who missed Kozak’s goal, here you go: TEAM NEWS from Anfield: Liverpool: Mignolet, Toure, Sakho, Agger, Skrtel, Lucas, Henderson, Gerrard, Aspas, Moses, Sturridge. Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Rodriguez, Lambert, Osvaldo. 54′ - Quiet start to the second half. Still 0-1 to Aston Villa. 46′ - Norwich City get the second way underway. For detailed information, follow – LIVE We have a great offer for you. Just retweet this on Twitter and win exciting prizes:
Here’s a gif of Guzan saving Snodgrass’s penalty for those who missed it Stats at half-time:
HALF TIME: Aston Villa lead Norwich City 1-0 at the interval thanks to a Libor Kuzak goal, after Robert Snodgrass had his penalty saved by Villa keeper Brad Guzan. Here’s Kozak celebrating his goal: Not a bad start to life in the Premier League for Kozak after a miserable spell in Italy:
38′ - SUBSTITUTION: Ryan Bennett comes on for Sebastien Bassong. 37′ - End-to-end stuff at Carrow Road. Fabian Delph having a great game in midfield for Villa. Here’s how Aston Villa’s goal came about:
29′ – GOAL: Kozak scores for Aston Villa. What an introduction! (Goal assisted by Gabriel Agbonlahor) 28′ – SUBSTITUTION: Libor Kozak comes on for Christian Benteke. 26′ - Christian Benteke is struggling. Looks set to be taken off.
19′ – Benteke’s attempt is deflected wide. Corner for Villa. Nothing comes out of it as Vlaar shoots wide. 16′ – Norwich are dominating proceedings at Carrow Road at the moment. The Canaries are everywhere:
Conceding penalties seems to be a bad habit for the Villians
Here’s a great stat regarding Christian Benteke’s goal prowess this year:
5′ – PENALTY MISS: Norwich City are awarded a penalty but Guzan saves Snodgrass’s effort.
3′ – Aston Villa come close to taking an early lead as Weimann hits the post.
0′ – KICK OFF: Aston Villa get the game underway at Carrow Road.
TEAM NEWS:
Aston Villa: Guzan, Bacuna, Clark, Vlaar, Luna, Delph, El Ahmadi, Tonev, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke.
Norwich City: Ruddy; Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido; Snodgrass, Howson, Fer, Redmond; Elmander; van Wolfswinkel.
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