I actually thought Villa were marginally better than us in the first half and I was a little worried when they equalised. But we played some superb stuff in the second half. The build-up for the second penalty was a great example of one-touch, pass and move footy. I thought Zhirkov was outstanding (an unsung hero) but Lamps was simply different gear. For six consecutive seasons he's scored 20 goals from midfield. World Class is a phrase that gets bandied about all too often in football these days, but Lamps is a prime example of truly World Class.
Bring on the Mancs!
totally agree that zhirkov was great, me and a mate were watching the game and were saying how impressed we were, looked very handy.
also agree that at 1-1 things werent looking all that promising but the penalty just on half time turned it and the second half we were untouchable