McLeish grateful for angel Gabriel

HEARD the one about the Englishman, Irishman, Welshman and the Scot?

At Villa Park on Saturday, you could have taken your pick of several examples of all those nationalities, and with Wigan being Villa’s opponents, there was the usualscattering of exotic players from Argentina, Honduras and Oman.

Ali Al Habsi is Wigan’s Omani goalkeeper and he was considerably busier than his opposite number Shay Given, who was only required to make two saves of note, but did so with his usual efficiency.