Villa put in a second successive strong performance and a manager with a tendency for hyperbole unhinged from reality was for once correct to say “We were superior from the kick-off and in every department we were superior." as Villa recorded their seventh Premier League win in twenty five games this season.

Luke Moore's hat-trick delivers David O'Leary a 7th win in the last 30 Premier League games to move Villa up to 13th in the table.

Lee Hendrie makes his 300th appearance in a Villa shirt (239 Starts) to make it W119 D76 L105, 32 Goals, 33 Assists, 59 Bookings and 4 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.69 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steven Davis contributes his 10th goal involvement and secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 59th appearance (48 Starts) to make it W20 D16 L23, 8 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

James Milner contributes his 10th goal involvement to secure his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance to make it W10 D6 L9, 3 Goals, 7 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.50 games played so far in his Villa career.

Kevin Phillips scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W7 D3 L5, 5 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Aaron Hughes secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 26th appearance to make it W10 D9 L7, 0 Goals, 4 Assists, 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.