REUTERS – West Bromwich Albion 0 Aston Villa 0 Aston Villa’s battle for survival at the foot of the Premier League still looked a hopeless one after they could only scrape a point from a grim goalless derby at the Hawthorns on Saturday. Plenty of endeavour but precious little quality marked a poor game with […]
Aston Villa forgot their Premier League woes and moved into the fourth round of the FA Cup with an unconvincing win over fourth tier Wycombe Wanderers.
Leicester City missed out on the chance to?assert themselves at the top of the Barclays Premier League as?they were held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited?Aston Villa. ?Here are 5 talking points from the game: 1. Strikers willing to run on to loose balls It has been a key feature of Leicester City’s play […]
REUTERS – Aston Villa will gain some confidence from their hard-fought 1-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday which brought an end to their dismal 19-game winless run, manager Remi Garde said. Villa secured a rather fortuitous three points after defender Joleon Lescott’s 58th-minute header was allowed to squirm through his grasp by […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manager Remi Garde breathed a huge sigh of relief after finally getting his first Premier League victory as manager of rock bottom Aston Villa with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday. The only goal arrived in the 58th minute when Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey allowed a header from former England […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Aston Villa could find no respite from their Premier League woes as they suffered the embarrassment of being held to a 1-1 draw at fourth-tier Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup third round on Saturday. Villa, seven points adrift at the foot of the league, became the second top-flight club to be […]
(Reuters) – Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has hit back at his Aston Villa counterpart Remi Garde for showing interest in under-utilised Blues striker Loic Remy even as prolonged injury to another striker Radamel Falcao has compounded the Dutchman’s woes. Garde on Wednesday said Villa will aim to sign Remy when the January transfer window opens […]
REUTERS – Aston Villa will aim to sign Chelsea’s out-of-favour striker Loic Remy when the January transfer window opens, manager Remi Garde said on Wednesday, as he bids to secure the West Midlands club’s Premier League status for next season. Villa, who are last on the table with just eight points from 19 games and […]