Villa Are Dunne Over by Rovers

Birmingham Mail › September 28, 2009

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PREMIER LEAGUE: BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 VILLA 1 MANCHESTER City and Chelsea at home were supposed to be the true tests of whether Villa can compete with the 'big boys' - not Blackburn away.

But, while Martin O'Neill's men would love to contend with the sky-high spending and financial muscle of the next two Villa Park visitors, they simply could not cope with Rovers' aerial assault and brute strength.

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Villa Are Dunne Over by Rovers

For Ewood Park on Saturday, read the Britannia Stadium last August because this defeat had the hallmarks of last season's setback at Stoke as Villa were bullied into submission by long-ball battering rams before losing to a late, late ...

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