We move into third place in the Premiership after Diaby gives us a win at Aston Villa.
We were fortunate to get the win – but as we have learnt to our cost this season that sometime victory is all that matters.
Aliadiere missed far too many chances for us and although you could argue after 10 minutes when Baptista’s shot was going wide, Diaby was in the right place at the right time to divert the goal in, he did almost score an own goal and would certainly have done so were it not for Ljungberg to clear the ball off the goal-line.
I cannot be too hard on the team because, we did come away with the win after grinding out the match, especially having had a shocking recent spell after losing the Carling Cup final and exiting the FA Cup and Champions League – all in such quick succession.
Overall, not the most convincing performance - but a win's a win.
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