West Ham 0-1 Aston Villa
| By Chris Bevan |
 James Milner celebrates after scoring Villa's winner |
Aston Villa moved into third place in the Premier League after James Milner's deflected late goal sank West Ham.
An open first half saw Ashley Young hit the post for Villa after running on to a poor Scott Parker back-pass but West Ham dominated after the break.
Carlton Cole headed an easy chance over and was denied twice from close range by Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
The visitors looked short of ideas until Milner's 78th-minute shot looped off Lucas Neill and into the net.
More follows.
BBC Sport Player Rater man of the match: Aston Villa's Ashley Young 7.80 (on 90 minutes).
Please note that you can still give the players marks out of 10 on BBC Sport's Player Rater after the match has finished.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment