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Game #5121

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 April 2011

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Drew

16th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 37,619

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

Everton

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Stewart Downing | 47’ | Ashley Young | 68’ |

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 April 2011

🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Leon Osman
🕒 | HT Everton 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Stewart Downing
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Jean Makoun
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Ashley Young
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Kyle Walker
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 2-2, (Everton, pen), Leighton Baines
🔁 | 90’+3 Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🕒 | FT Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 46%
Possession A | 54%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 7
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 13

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 April 2011

  • Villa draw at Goodison to open the gap to the relegation places to two points but now have just five wins in twenty five Premier League games under Gérard Houllier.

  • A team that had finished 6th for the last 3 seasons sits 16th in the table, two points above relegation with seven games to play as the appointment of Gérard Houllier continues to play out in the worst way possible.

  • Darren Bent's point earning goals were welcome but the thought of what Martin O'Neill could have done with £25m - to both protect and improve his 2009-10 squad - rankles deeply as the unrest against the Villa hierarchy builds

  • Darren Bent scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W3 D2 L3, 5 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Jean Makoun collects his 4th card on his 6th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W1 D3 L2, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 2 April 2011

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🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | Thérouanne, 2010-2011
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 1997-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 32 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 9 🟥 13 | 1.22

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester, 1997-2018
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 Jan 11, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Ron Ganfield, Simon Long

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Jean Makoun
🟨 Kyle Walker

🟨 Johnny Heitinga
🟨 Phil Jagielka
🟨 Leon Osman

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Gabriel Agbonlahor and James Collins replace Nathan Baker, Chris Herd, Carlos Cuéllar and Marc Albrighton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.23 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.90 |

Youngest Player |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.86 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

MANAGER

Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | 🟨 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Tim Howard | 🇺🇸 |
LB Leighton Baines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Johnny Heitinga | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
CB Phil Jagielka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Sylvain Distin | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
RB Tony Hibbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Séamus Coleman | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 🇷🇺 |
M Leon Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Jermaine Beckford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+3 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Sylvain Distin | 🇫🇷 | (CF Apostolos Vellios | 🇬🇷 |)
🔁 | RB Séamus Coleman | 🇮🇪 (CF Magaye Gueye | 🇸🇳 |)

Substitutes

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Robert Pirès | 🇫🇷 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Ján Mucha | 🇸🇰 |
CB Shkodran Mustafi | 🇩🇪 |
CB Toto Nsiala | 🇨🇩 |
M Adam Forshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Conor McAleny | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £75.96m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 1/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 2/18

SQUAD STATS

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Team Cost: £42.00m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/13

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |

Bomb Squad | 3 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 9 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Sheffield United
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | Hull
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | Watford
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | Stoke
M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wednesday
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | Newcastle
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | Leeds
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was tough at the start when Martin [O'Neill] left four or five days before the start of the season. ”Kev [MacDonald] came in and did quite well and then we knew Gérard was coming in. [But] I don't think we can blame the management [for what has happened]. It is the same set of players without James Milner. "I have not spoken to [Houllier] about the abuse he got [from the fans]. But he seems fine and is smiling and talking to the lads. It is not very nice for him but he has been in football a long time and I am sure he understands why these things go on. I think it is easy to blame him because he is at the helm. But no matter what team he picks, we have to go out and get the points. He can instruct us to do things and if anyone is to blame it is us as a team." Stewart Downing. “I just take a lot from the fact that we won the second half in terms of effort, spirit and quality, particularly in defending and building up the two goals. I am very proud of the players. They showed character and togetherness, which is important.” Gérard Houllier
Quotes

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 2 April 2011

*Everton and Aston Villa shared the points after a dramatic second half at Goodison Park.* Leon Osman gave the home side a half-time lead only for Darren Bent to equalise straight after the restart. Jermaine Beckford’s shot hit the bar but was ruled not to have crossed the line and Villa promptly went down the other end for Bent to make it 2-1. But with Villa sensing a rare away win, Jean Makoun fouled Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines’ penalty made it 2-2. Coming into the game on a run of three wins in their last four games, David Moyes’ men had reason to feel confident against a side with a poor away record, and their initial play demonstrated this feeling. They took the game to the visitors, and it was a defensive mistake that handed Everton the first clear chance of the match. Kyle Walker’s backheader to Brad Friedel was nowhere near strong enough and fell into the path of Beckford, whose first-time shot was pushed behind by the American keeper. This near miss seemed to rouse Villa, however, as they went on the attack themselves. Stewart Downing had already sliced his way through Everton’s left-hand flank before Ashley Young’s pass allowed Luke Young to fire in a dangerous cross from the opposite side, but fortunately for the home side there was no-one on hand to apply the killer touch. Nigel Reo-Coker had another good chance to open the scoring when he followed up Tim Howard’s flapped clearance of a cross, but the way Tony Hibbert blocked his shot before it could get too close to the goal rather summed up the slightly stifled nature of the game so far. Everton did find a way through before half-time, however, but even then it needed a helping hand. Walker was caught napping near the half-way line and dispossessed by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, who played the ball into the path of Osman. He advanced down the left and shrugged off several half-hearted challenges before poking the ball across the goal into the bottom corner, a shot which Friedel should have been able to keep out but was unable to do so as the hosts opened the scoring. Everton’s grip on the lead was not particularly tight and within two minutes of the restart, they had lost it. Downing was allowed the freedom of the right wing and fired in a cross to Bent, whose first-time side-footed shot flew into the roof of the net. This goal, combined with Everton’s tentative approach, gave Villa the feeling they could get something from the game, and when fate offered them a chance, they seized it with both hands. Beckford smashed the ball against the bar from a central position, only for the ball to bounce down and clear of the goal without having been ruled to have gone over the line. Everton’s protests had barely died down before they found themselves 2-1 down. Friedel’s huge clearance was flicked on by Young into space, and Bent showed great composure to put the ball beyond the advancing Howard and into the bottom corner. Villa could sense a precious away victory was theirs for the taking, but there was still more drama to come. With seven minutes left, Jagielka advanced into the box and was brought down by Villa midfielder Makoun. Baines thumped the ball home to level the scores and earn his side a point from a game where they may well have thought they deserved all three. *Everton manager David Moyes on the “goal”:* “It was a goal, it’s a hard call for the ref and linesman but the angle the ball came off the bar made me think it was a goal, but I’m disappointed with the way we conceded a soft goal and gave them the advantage. “I think they had [turned off momentarily afterwards], Villa just got on with it, we didn’t get ourselves into the right positions quickly enough and found ourselves a goal down. That’s what happens against a strike force with three England internationals. “With the team we had out today it was a marvellous result, Villa with their attacking players were always a threat but we were always in the game, we can be disappointed we didn’t take all three.” *Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier:* “I just regret the fact that we got back into game but with eight minutes left, had we not had the penalty incident, we would have won it. “But I was very proud of the players, they fought very hard and were competitive, they showed great quality particularly in defending and the way we scored the two goals - I thought the second half could be turning point for our season. I think today a win would have rewarded our efforts.”
Reports

🟨 2 April 2011, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

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