Villa comeback fuels O'Neill belief

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill highlighted his side’s injury-time comeback against top-four rivals Arsenal as proof of the “significant progress” they have made in the last two seasons.

Villa are proving to be genuine contenders to break the ’big four’ stranglehold in the Premier League and yesterday evening’s 2-2 draw at home to the Gunners ensured they maintained a three-point lead over Arsene Wenger’s side as they both compete to secure a Champions League berth.