Game #5105
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 December 2010


Lost
15th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,411
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Aston Villa
1-2

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Stephen Warnock | 82’ |
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park


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
Match Statistics
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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Villa lose for the fourth time in five Premier League games to make it three wins in twelve under Gérard Houllier as they slump back to 15th in the table.
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 had been 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
Fabian Delph makes his 1st appearance in a Villa shirt since April to make it 16 Appearances (11 Starts), W8 D4 L4, 1 Goal and 6 Bookings.
Jonathan Hogg, 22, makes his 7th and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Watford on a free transfer in August 2011. Hogg had made his debut earlier in the season and recorded W1 D2 L4 and 2 Bookings during his 4 months in first team contention.
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴 | 2010-11 🕒 7 | 7 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 | #826 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
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
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Sunday, 26 December 2010
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | Thérouanne, 2010-2011
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 4 🟥 7 | 1.19
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021 🆘
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Patrick Keane
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Jonathan Hogg
🟨 Fabian Delph
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
CARDS

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
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.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.86 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.64 |
Youngest Player |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | 21.11 |
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MANAGER
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

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 | 🏴 | 🟥 |
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park
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 | 🏴 |)

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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 | 🇷🇺 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | | 39 | 30* | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 15* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 104* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI: £48.06m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 7/18
SQUAD STATS

Team Cost: £143.51m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 2010, Villa 1-2, Spurs, Villa Park
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
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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