Bouma's back in reserves thriller.VILLA RES 4 CHELSEA RES 3 THIS was another good night for Villa as they impressively maintained their lead in the Premiership Reserve League South and Wilfred Bouma Wilfred Bouma (born June 15, 1978 in Helmond, North Brabant) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for English club Aston Villa. A technically refined left back/centre back who is known for his hard working nature and his ability to pick a pass really well. came through a full 90 minutes. There was one scare for the Dutch left-back, but it was nothing to do with the bad ankle injury that has kept him out of action since July. This time he took a fullblooded shot from Chelsea's Miroslav Stoch Miroslav Stoch (born 19 October 1989 in Nitra) is a Slovakian professional football player who plays mainly as an Attacking Midfielder or Winger. He is currently playing for the Reserve Team of Chelsea F.C.. As a child he was rarely seen without a football. full in the face from close range in the 76th minute. However, Bouma carried on after treatment. What a match it was, with Kevin MacDonald's mainly young side having to twice battle back from a goal down against a Chelsea team that included Ricardo Carvalho Ricardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho, OIH (born May 18, 1978 in Amarante, near Porto), pron. IPA: [ʁi'kaɾdu kɐɾ'vaʎu], is a Portuguese football player, who currently plays as a central defender for Chelsea. and Michael Essien Michael Essien (born December 3, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian International footballer. He currently plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League. He is a central midfielder and plays as a deep-lying playmaker for the Black Stars, the Ghana national football team. . It was an end-to-end thriller, with several of the Villa rookies once again looking every bit the part, particularly hard-tackling right-back Eric Lichaj, diminutive midfielder Barry Bannan, tricky winger Marc Albrighton and two-goal hero Nathan Delfouneso. Villa were caught cold in the third minute when Patrick van Aanholt put Chelsea ahead. Delfouneso levelled it for the talented young Villans on 20 minutes, stroking the ball home from close range following a fine run and cross by Marlon Harewood. Delfouneso, Albrighton and Bannan all went close for Villa, but Chelsea regained the lead after 35 minutes with an angled header by Mellis. A minute later Villa were back on terms as Albrighton's pass split the Chelsea defence and Jonathan Hogg controlled superbly before beating 'keeper Aldi Haxhia. Two minutes before halftime, Haxhia brought down Delfouneso just outside the box. The custodian was correctly booked, but was only able to push Bannan's freekick onto the bar and Ciaran Clark netted the rebound from close range to give Villa the lead. In the 82nd minute Villa went further in front when Delfouneso produced a clinical finish from a clever pass by Bannan. Essien's good run finished with a low 87th-minute shot that deflected past the helpless Stuart Taylor but Villa survived a nail-biting finish. VILLA (4-4-2): Taylor; Lichaj, Clark, Lowry, Bouma; Albrighton, Hogg, Bannan, Weimann (Williams 75); Harewood For people, see Harewood (surname) Harewood (pronounced 'Hair-wood') is a village on the outskirts of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The A61 runs through the village, from Leeds City Centre in the south to Harrogate in the north. , Delfouneso (Collins 84). Subs not used: Parish (GK), Roome, G Gardner. |
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