Deserved win: Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 0

just watched t on the TV great result!!!!!!

COME ON!!!! BEST COMPETITIVE GAME IN A LONG TIME!!

Seriously come on!! Lost my voice.. back to the pub now!!

i think both team plays we;; except carew
i hope maloney can play next match

villa go on!!!!

just watched it, we looked decent enough we took our chances and i gotta take back wat i said bout YOUNG he was on fire today

Chelsea looked crap it just wasnt there day at VP well it hasnt been there day for the last 7 times it continues

Proud of the villa and everyone who was slatin GABBY off SAYIN HE SHOULD BE DROPPED, u have got to take it all back PEOPLE

How class was luke moore, dam he got skills
Carew did nothing apart from a couple good tackles and headers when we needed he Fantastic ...............

3 points and still a game in hand

come on villa. what guts, what determination!!!

get ready for the murhinio statement: we played shit and villa were lucky

and the chelsea fans in here saying: u were sooo lucky'''

well played lads well deserved and congrats to Zat and Gabby.

What a result! Not sure how though, Laursen got very lucky against SWP rite at the start! if we're all honest that should have been a penalty! But it wasn't and we took our chances and won!

Only concern is, we gave away loads of corners and rarely won the headers when the ball came in, we could have problems if that continues.

However, how many other teams will be able to say they beat Chelsea by two clear goals come may?

Well done boys!

Superb result and superb team performance. I can't we restricted Chelsea to so few chances, Carson had very little to do due to the fact that Laursen and Knight were rock solid at the back. I was surprisingly pleased with Knight. I wasn't expecting a hell of a lot from him and was a bit nervous about him coming straight into the side today but I couldn't fault his performance and I'm delighted for him that he scored on his debut. Moore impressed me early on and looked threatening in front of goal, if he's given a run in the side I've no doubt the goals will come. NRC's passion and commitment in the centre of the park was inspirational, at times he ran the show and won almost every ball. Young and Gabby once again caused the opposition's defence bags of problems and the second goal was sheer heaven what a future they have. I'm over the moon as you can tell and this is the type of result we needed early on in the season to set us up for a successful campaign. We've all been going on all summer about the fact that we need another striker but today's performance has shown that we probably don't really need more forwards. The defence looks pretty solid now and with Davies still to come in it looks like we're going to be hard to score against. The signs are very promising. I'm trying my very best not to get carried away but after a result like this it's difficult not to. Knight signing of the summer? Well I can't complain so far. Come on Villa!!!

Young is clearly full of confidence now. He's had a great first few games and being called up to the England squad has given him an even bigger boost. If he continues to play like he is doing, the 8 million (or whatever it was) we paid for him will look like a bargain!

Great result but what annoyed me more than anything I can think of in my life was Gabby getting booked for saying "oi ref" yet you had that idiot Terry whinging throughout the match making so many fouls on Carew it was untrue yet he escapes unscathed.People wonder why Chelsea are disliked!

Mourinho: "I think in fairness of the game, we deserved a point." The guy is delluded...their boys got raped. Up the Villa, too good for his overpaid whingers today.

I was the only Villa supporter in my local in Fulham. I had to wait till i got home to let it all out! Great result, not the prettiest match ive ever witnessed mind you. Barry was great Laursen was a brick wall just about. Jose did us a huge favour by subbing SWP who was the only genuine threat, and leaving Malouda on, who was just about the worst player on the pitch. In the end it was a massive result and watching MONs reactions all day was funny. He is out there with the players more or less. Ash Young and Moore were dangerous down the flanks, and Carew was a big target, constantly sucking in 2 or 3 players. Chelsea were far from their best but we didnt let them do anything. They were frustrated and time and time agin they were shut down by our back 4. Lets hope we can keee it going UP THE VILLA!!!

they were pure class today what a result well deserved, the performance from the whole was outstanding. carson barely made a save. hope we can keep it up all season. pity there are internationals this week. UP THE VILLA.

Excellent result and most definately something to build upon for the season... the confidence will be sky high for weeks!

I have a feeling that you may not receive as many postings as usual this evening after an excellent result - this due to the fact that 50% of recent postings have been negative regarding the existing Villa side and what MON is building for the future.

Anyhow its 3 points in the bag and we are sitting in an excellent position after 3 tricky games from the first 4.

The only downside on an excellent performance is the fact that Carew doesnt appear to be getting the breaks; last season he looked the complete striker - maybe he needs a goal to settle him down.

What a great day!!!

There wasn't one player that i could say had a 'poor' game. Carew was penalised by the ref everytime he got the ball but even so I'd like to see Maloney instead of him.

As for the back line and midfield ... top class!

Young and Reo Coker look well worth the money!!

And how good it was to lose the battle at every corner then score from our first!!

Let's hope it's just the start of a promising season!!!

At Top_Villa_6: Jose will pull the " there was only one team trying to win out there today" and he would be right, our boys!!

Great performance and result!! Defending was exceptional from every player on the field, to give chelsea zero chances 2nd half is a great display

For me reo coker and young were out of this world, every time young gets the ball he's dangerous and brimming with confidence. Up The Villa!!

what a game, was heart on the sleve stuff from every single villa player today.
Atmosphere was electric and we certainly had the 12 man today with out supporters.They appreciate things that most other football fans wouldnt, like tracking back 50-60yards after you lost the ball, keeping posession of the ball when needed to waste time, attack and go for the second goal using our youth and pace upfront.
just a brilliant game all around and very impressed with the way martin oneill is moulding this villa team.

Well I have to say that our back four were excellent today and Laursen was simply fantastic. It kind of makes you think what we could have done if he had been fit for the last two seasons. Dare I say it but shades of McGrath? I said at the beginning of the season and in other posts that I rate ReoCoker and today he was fantastic. This has put me in an excellent mood for the week ahead. Well done Villa.

fabulous result.
shouted myself hoarse in the pub. only villa fan in the cambridge arms bristol.
reo-coker was immense- such passion, screaming at his team mates to fight.
ashley young continues to impress, and mature into a truly outstanding player.
what a day to be claret and blue!

Great result, fantastic defending! Keep it up lads! Chelsea didn't deserve anything from the game at all. UP THE VILLA

Just got back from Villa Park - great result: hope to God MON and the boys keep proving me wrong!! Terry's a disgrace, he shouldn't be England captain, all he does is moan all the bloody time. Up the Villa!

what a moment in my life....
anyone can see ashley knock the ball on and jump over the defender loll ohhh what a man.. i love villa and all of villa fan ...
congrat to Z knight and i want u to know this day is not your SAD Night .... bro

Chelsea came out and gave us close to their best shot...I don't think they were poor, I think Villa outworked them, had a good plan, and showed they belong on the same pitch. Makelele and Mikel chased from the game. Villa players being physical, showing some attitude and composure. Abramovich looking downcast and leaving his seat early. The crowd were fantastic, great atmosphere.

Massive result. I seem not to see as many of the glass-half-empty crowd on here today. Perhaps that's because the proof of MON's pudding was on display today. Ashley Young certainly outplayed SWP. Laursen was immense. NRC, what heart and commitment. Bouma solid as always. Gabby looked much better, and what a great goal. I thought Olaf looked a bit at sea at RB, to be honest, but no harm done.

When was the last time Villa were a goal up against a top-four team, held against the pressure, then scored a cracker of a second goal to assure the points? That's the stuff, lads.

Up the Villa!!!

Fantastic result. I would like to dedicate that one to Matt Le Tissier, who totally wrote off the Villa in his assessment on SSN. He dismissed Reo Coker as 'run of the mill', and Ashley Young as a dubious signing.

Reo Coker was immense, Ashley looked frightening and Martin Laursen put in a masterful performance. Chelsea looked toothless. I would like to see the team hold onto the ball a little more confidently, but all in all I am ecstatic tonight.

So, like I said, this ones for Matt Le Tissier. Write us off at your peril.

It surprised me to discover that Chelsea have not won at Villa Park since 1999 and, in all honesty, it would surprise me if they did not win on Sunday.

Villa have not been all that impressive this season or last, despite having Randy Lerner's billions backing them. I see Martin O'Neill has brought in Zat Knight from Fulham and another centre-back, West Brom's Curtis Davies, has been linked with a move there.

They'll need to be tight at the back, because I don't think the money that's gone on new forwards - John Carew, Ashley Young, Marlon Harewood - has been particularly well-spent.

If you are a Villa fan and a billionaire takes over your club, the likes of Harewood and Knight are not necessarily the kind of signings you would expect to follow.

I think Martin is reluctant to pay over the odds for players just because his chairman has a few bob although, having said that, £8.5m for a run-of-the-mill midfielder - Mr Reo-Coker - seems pretty steep to me.

A top-half finish is probably about the best Villa can hope for, and it would represent progress under Martin O'Neill if they could end the season still in the hunt for a European place.

Last season's head-to-head

Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea

The manager will be hoping that the performance in the 5-0 Carling Cup win at Wrexham has instilled a bit of confidence in the players, because they have a tough task this weekend.

Chelsea, for me, have been pretty much the same old Chelsea this season, despite Jose Mourinho claiming he's remodelled them as the great entertainers.

Jose talks the talk and usually follows it up by walking the walk, so maybe we'll see a big improvement in that regard. But...Kevin Keegan's Newcastle - that was real entertainment, and Chelsea have a long way to go before they get near that.

Pulling off a deal for Ronaldinho would obviously help, though it tickled me to hear John Terry say: 'We'd love to have him, but he'd have to learn to track back.' Typical defender!

If Jose really wants to entertain, he should think about getting Joe Cole in his starting line-up. I read rumours of a bit of a rift between player and manager, but Joe is the kind of player supporters would happily pay to watch.

It's easy to criticise, and we shouldn't forget that the Blues are top of the pile. When the players look at the table and see the name of their club at the top, there will automatically be a bit more arrogance about them.

Even at this early stage of the season, Chelsea are going to take a bit of shifting.

Le Tiss predicts

AWAY WIN: I think it will be tight - the last three league games here between these two have finished 0-0, 1-1 and 0-0 - and I take Chelsea to nick it by the odd goal. They are still doing what they do best - getting results even when they are not playing well. I'm going for 1-2.

What a fool, there is so much wrong with this article, sorry if it takes up all this space but i wanted people to know what the "experts" expect from our Villa.

Outstanding!! Come on lads!!!.....this can go all the way in...i believe in a great season....dont judge carew on this game alone...he will be great for us...believe me!!

UP THE VILLANS!!!!!!!

John

I don’t understand why no one seems to recognize the job Carew is doing upfront except MON himself and maybe a couple of others. He is constantly keeping two or three of Chelsea’s defenders in work, they are giving him all of their attention, and rest of the Villa can play their own game against the remaining defender…

I echo everyone's comments about Reo-Coker. He played very well. He consistently broke up Chelsea's attack.

Although Chelsea did come on in the second half, I'm impressed that we played toe to toe with them in the first half.

somersetvilla...................sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Gone quiet now have we?????????
Some of us always had faith in MON
Excellent performance today boys!

sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Martin Laursen is Superman.

Reo-Coker was the leader, the driving force and the inspiration. West Ham loss is our gain, the bloke's a future Villa captain if he continues to play like today.

Did anyone else spot the cheeky handshake and a giggle from Doug Ellis to Roman Abramovic as he left the ground in a huff. That has to be one of the best moments of camera work ever. Sums up Chelsea's attitude to losing to a tee, and also brilliant to see Deadly getting one over on Roman. Superb!

Marvellous!!!

I think it's just the begining of our win.

I agree with vega carew does alot of work just needs a few goals to make him something special nrc was my man of the match and think he will only get better

can't see many comments on here from the usual miserable b******s. The key to being a "supporter" is actually in the word "supporter".
Everyone gave their life for the cause today. Chelsea showed their class, and we showed our bollocks. The crowd were amazing. Totally proud.

Lets get pissed.

Man we were good today, a tad fortunate with Chelsea being so wasteful but we were never going to dominate the play today. We took our chances well in contrast to our opponents and deservedly won. We really needed Maloney on in midfield at around 75-80, Barry and Reo-Coker looked exhausted, but we still battled on. Ashley Young definetly man of the match with two assists.

avfc 4 life

terry is a big mouth twat

young 4 england

forget about bently or beackham

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

great win :D :D :D :D :D :D

lost my voice,great day,great game,north stand lower finding there voice,where are all the normal villa big gobs on here,the doom and gloom boys.come on you must have something to say negative!!!!!!!!!!!!,my pie was cold?,the programme was crap?,Gareth wouldn't sign my programme?.get behind the lads you might even start to enjoy a game or two.........owwwwwww i forget you lot don't go to the games you listen on the radio

For every1 knocking Carew you dont know wtf you talking about you dumb asses.Every chance he got he giv it terry ,he stuck him on arse every chance he got and freed up space for those around him.Chelseaere aware of his phsical abilities and they didnt like it that is why terry did fuck all but moan.As for the moaning aslong as we stop it for 90 mins on match day i feel we can give our opinion the rest of the week.Great result Villa NRC or Laursen for MOTM

Yhhhhheeeeeaaaaassssssssss.......how goood does that feel!!!! We've waited along time for that but it's been on the card since we played the Italians off the pitch. I hope I wake up tomorrow and it's still 2-0 to us!!

fantastic result, the whole team was amazing so just enjoy it

reo coker was outstanding. my man of the match. the effort he puts in and the tackles he makes. he's a future england center mid! he's rapido too!

I agree with (i hate blues) why knock carew, he provdes the space for Ash, gabby and luke to take advantage. I done think anybody can knock what was a great game both on the pitch and our support from the terraces.

Great to see the support from the old away end,, really adds to make villa park a fortress!!

sore throat but worth it ,every player put there body on the line today superb performance.Where are the moaners now complaining of the quality of signings.Every player wanted to win more importantly wanted to be wearing that shirt

Great result, I hope we don't get injuries and we can field this team regularly as they still have to have experience together to gel, this isn't a negative just a positive that in time they will be able to read each other even better and that's exciting. As for the "I'm a better fan because I support the club no matter what they do and it makes me feel more of a fan and I then have the right to criticise anyone who dares have another opinion other than my own" it was a good result and I am happy as I do support Villa and that is why I care enough to worry. Great day look at me smiling :)

I hope this goes some way to keeping the negative people at bay! Great display of talent and togetherness, it had MON's stamp all over it. :D

absouloutly brilliant, defence looks superb, laursen my man of the match, reo coker- i just luv dat fighting spirit, l.moore nice one mate, opnly exception petrov, looks too lazy and sluggish, thought he was guna lose the game for us, barry wat a player

Wow!! What can i say. Absolutely stormer of a game. yeah Chelsea had possesion but our defence sorted them right out. Zero shots on target in second half, 2 on target for the whole game. Laursen and Knight looked like rocks at the back. Reo-Coker is awesome, all the West Ham fans have got sour grapes!!! Gabby, Moore and YOUNG (perhaps the most exciting Englishman for years) where on fire!!

WHEN DO WE PLAY MANURE??? Bring it on....hahaha

Come on you villans!!!

UTV!!

Fantastic result! Defence were superb, Knight fitted in really well, all others worked tireslesly. NRC just gets better, definately MOM.Lets hope this can be repeated every week! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Absolutely amazing! Best Villa match ive watched in so long.

Here are my thoughts for those who may be interested!

Carson- not much to do at all and looked good when needed.
Bouma- solid. SWP gave him a rough time but he dealt with it well.
Laursen- stunning. Was performing gymnastics to keep Drogba out of the game. That bit with him on the ground and he must have only got a toe to the ball to nick it from Drogba. I’m an Irish man but ill use Churchill’s “blood sweat toil and tears” for Larsen!
Knight- cracking debut.
Mellberg- very good.
Agbonlahor- was everywhere. Tracked back to pick up SWP a good bit. Was it me or did SWP float all over the place? Brilliant goal and he just got better and better. I completely eat my words on Gabby. I’ve complained about him in the past but he was absolutely brilliant.
Reo-coker- brilliant. My bro was watching and is a very bitter west ham fan. Keeps saying Nigel is rubbish. He was eating his words every few minutes this afternoon.
Barry- brilliant.
Young- dynamite. Watching him take that ball down and sprint after it shot up in the air when he passed Belletti was pure class!
Moore- very good. Think he should be given a good run now.
Carew- good and I think he can do so much more.
SUBS:
Petrov- fair play. Looked really sharp- best 15mins all season!

What a great game! Fair play to Villa and to all of you who were at the game, I watched it on Sky at home and Villa Park was absolutely rocking! Awesome to see so fair play!

And anyone who says Chelsea played badly- completely untrue.

YES...YES...YES !!
We were the fookin nuts today and we would have beaten anyone with the determination our players showed with the backing of the excellent support.
I'm absolutely overwhelmed, I had it down for a 1-1 at best. Me and my mate had to watch the game on tv with three noses ! You should have seen their faces !
Every player, the manager and the fans were excellent today. We have developed a new belief and i love it.
UP THE VILLA ;)

That was sheer class played chelsea off the pitch no problem

How on earth mourinho can say he thought his team deserved a point is just madness but then again u would expect him to say that

Great win and now after international duty they will all come back rareing to go lets just hope and pray none get injuerd especialy ashley young because he is probley the best villa player iv seen in a long time...

He will no doubt in my eyes go down as a villa ledgend when he retiers

LOL the chelsea fans on here one message for ya

WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA

Zat Knight has already justified his transfer fee - even if he never played for us again.

It was a top class result. MON scores a victory over Mourinho!

This will give the team so much confidence. We can kick on from here. I don't think anyone would pick one of our players over any of Chelsea's; it goes to show how well we played and how brilliant our manager is.

I was very pleased with today's starting line up. I was always confident of Olof's ability at right back. I didn't expect to see Zat so quickly but it was great to see what he can do against real good opposition. Did you see him bangin' the villa badge when he scored !!
Must admit i was a bit sceptical when MON signed him cos' of how he's played for other teams, but i'm well pleased with what i saw today and i think the confidence he will take from today will set him up for a great season.
Match of the day just starting...gotta watch that great performance again !!
UP THE VILLA ;)

2 nil to the Villa! Laursen was immense, Gabby was typically excellent, Young was unrelenting and Reo-Cocker tidied up our midlfield. We didn't look suspect until Petrov came on and started like he was playing for the other team. :)

Maloney didn't even play! What is this about!? They'll interview the lad but won't give him a go on the pitch!?
All the same a well deserved 3 point. Man City up, UP the Villa!

;D What can I say superb!! I bet on 1-0 cos I thought we had the record against these 'nouvea rich' tw@s. I think MON's got his first team and what a first team it is! Mellberg was solid at RB and Knight and Laursen especially largely untroubled. And well done Deadly for rubbin it in to the Russian. Put your money on Mourinho going b4 the end of the season. Up The Villa!!

Mourinho is making excuses saying that they had to make a makeshift midfield due to the loss of Lampard to injury. With depth like that ?! How can the man complain?!

fantastic performance all round!! i live in laois in ireland, one of about three villa fans. locals in the pub downtown reckoned I'd gone barmywhen the goals went in. laursen said we had to start being confident agaainst the big sides and boy did we play the smurfs off the field!! well done d villa and keep d pedal on d gas!!!

I hope Taglor and SommersetVilla have got all of the sand out of their vagina's now

Fantastic team effort,,today we were just brilliant...its been a long time coming,us beating a top four team and luckily weve a fortnight to savour it.
now it needs to be maintained,and if it is brilliant..and if we turn over man city and everton as well,then we can start to think we may have something.
we all care about the villa,even wingeing gits like me..lets hope im wrong this year,,on todays its lookin good
but i reserve my judgment on oneils transfer activity,and the fact we may be caught short because of it ..

fantastic win,didnt get home untill midnight heres a song to celebrate lol ......chim chimney chim chimney chim chim CAREW
who needs schevenko when we got CAREW ..[repeat again]must be still pissed

not one chelsea supporter here... must check vital chelsea and see their copmments

Antone seen this? PRICELESS!!!

LINK

Mourinho feels Chelsea put out a makeshift midfield. Just as a reminder, Chelsea's midfield - to start - was Shaun Wright-Phillips, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele, John Obi Mikel and Florent Malouda. In obe respect he's right: it was made to look completely ordinary and makeshift by Barry and Reo-Coker.
UTV!

GREAT RESULT LAST NIGHT... LWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE BUT DIDNT BELEIVE IT WOULD HAPPEN! NRC WAS MY MOM, HE JUST KILLS OFF ANY OPPOSING ATTACK AND THEN ADDS TO OURS!

UP THE VILLA!

And another thing:

Telegraph: Man of the match Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) ·Scored his team's second goal ·Had three shots on target ·Completed 79% of his passes

Well that's put me in my place!

at Woodinho

nice to see you you not using CAPITALS too ;)

went down to the match laursen and zat knight were quality together laursen was superb ashley young is class too and gabby 2-0 easy easy easy ;D

great game first time in ages everyone was singing round the ground

martin laursen was brillaint young gabby and reo coker were all excellent

dont think MON should of bought petrov on but who the hell am i to complain

bright future!!!

VILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!1

ARE YOU STEWARDS IN DISGUISE!!! ARE YOU STEWRDS IN DISGUISE!!!

I was the only Villa fan in the pub and I screamed for the second goal. Absolutely loved it.

Laursen looked like the best defender in the world yesterday and McClaren must be loving himself for picking Ashley Young for England after his performance yesterday.

Good to see Villa Fans scoring for Villa.
Zat Knight was immense at the back and loved his goal celebration. Thats 2 goals in 2 games for ZK! Looks a bargain already ;) As soon as AY picked up the ball and ran straight at the Chelsea defence i knew we were going to get a second goal!