BLUES manager Alex McLeish insisted that they would go into the Easter Saturday game at Reading in good heart following last night's performance against Newcastle United.Read
STEPHEN O'Halloran headed the second-half equaliser that maintained Aston Villa's four-point lead over Reading, but it was hard work for Kevin MacDonald's men who had to fight all the way.Read
IN TERMS of entertainment the comedy value would have been heightened had James Harper pushed Martin O'Neill with enough force to remove his spectacles.Read
MARTIN O'Neill has called for clarity and focus from his team as they travel to Premier League strugglers Reading aiming to rubber-stamp their European claims.Read
JOHN Carew says Villa are flying ahead of Sunday's trip to Reading - but the in-form Norwegian striker is warning of a real scrap ahead at the Madejski against a side fighting for their lives.Read