On a night when James Milner made history, equalling his former teammate Gareth Barry’s Premier League appearance record, his former club, Aston Villa, created more unwanted headlines for Fabian Hürzeler. A Tyrone Mings header, deflected in by Jack Hinshelwood with four minutes of normal time to play, on the defender’s 200th Villa appearance, was sufficient to down Brighton and extend their miserable run.
It said everything about a poor Villa display that Unai Emery was unmoved by the goal. Brighton had looked most likely to score, Ferdi Kadioglu cracking an effort against the crossbar and Milner going close late on. For Hürzeler, the 32-year-old German feeling the heat, it is now one win in their past 13 league matches.
Continue reading…On a night when James Milner made history, equalling his former teammate Gareth Barry’s Premier League appearance record, his former club, Aston Villa, created more unwanted headlines for Fabian Hürzeler. A Tyrone Mings header, deflected in by Jack Hinshelwood with four minutes of normal time to play, on the defender’s 200th Villa appearance, was sufficient to down Brighton and extend their miserable run.It said everything about a poor Villa display that Unai Emery was unmoved by the goal. Brighton had looked most likely to score, Ferdi Kadioglu cracking an effort against the crossbar and Milner going close late on. For Hürzeler, the 32-year-old German feeling the heat, it is now one win in their past 13 league matches. Continue reading…
