Arsenal 3, Aston Villa 0: Lisa Smith's match stats and player ratings
FRIEDEL 7
Had to be on his mettle and could not be faulted for any of the goals.
L YOUNG 7
Tough tackling, once again threw his body on the line for the cause.
MAN OF THE MATCH: CUELLAR 8
Two goalline clearances from the Spaniard, whose perfomances this season have been brilliant.
DUNNE 7
Had a great chance to score and even found himself foraging down the left with ball at times.
WARNOCK 6
Tough game for the former Blackburn man against stiff opposition.
DOWNING 5
Not his best game in a Villa shirt. Had one half-chance early on before tiring.
MILNER 6
Created plenty of chances but saw limited opportunities for himself to score.
PETROV .........................7
Villa skipper leads by example but was up against it from the outset.
A YOUNG 5
Poor game from the England winger. His booking means he misses the game with Liverpool.
HESKEY 6
Used his strength well in opening half but was unable to convert his chances.
AGBONLAHOR 6
Good effort but limited to very few chances to add to his goal tally this season.
SUBSTITUTES
Carew (for Heskey, 62) Tried hard but made little impact................................6
Delph (for L Young, 76)
Not used: Guzan, Sidwell, Reo-Coker, Beye, Collins.
ARSENAL (4-3-3): Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Traore Song Billong, Denilson (Fabregas, 57, Ramsey, 84), Nasri, Diaby Eduardo (Walcott, 63), Arshavin. Not used: Fabianski, Vela, Silvestre, Eboue.
BOOKINGS: Song (foul) – Arsenal. A Young (foul), Petrov (foul), Cuellar (foul), Delph (dissent) – Villa.
CROWD WATCH .............................7
Villa fans in good voice until Fabregas body blow. Attendance: 60,056.
REF WATCH ....................................7
P Dowd (Staffordshire): Kept game flowing but fooled by Arsenal antics at times.
THE MANAGER ..............................7
Martin O’Neill was his usual animated self but unable to inspire a fightback.
GAME RATING ...............................7
End-to-end action and at times edge-of-the-seat stuff.
INJURY WATCH
Nothing to report.
WHO’S NEXT UP FOR VILLA?
Liverpool (h) tomorrow, 7.45pm.
