Defeat puts Villa into relegation zone

Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1

Wed, 05 Jan, 2011 - 21:54

Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1

Aston Villa dropped into the bottom three of the Barclays Premier League for the first time in seven years as their former loan signing Phil Bardsley earned Sunderland victory at Villa Park.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: Villa Park Place: Molineux Place: Birmingham Person: Phil Bardsley Person: Gerard Houllier Person: Emile Heskey Person: Bardsley Person: Boudewijn Zenden Person: Houllier Person: David O’Leary Person: Steed Malbranque Person: Carlos Cuellar Person: Malbranque Person: Brad Friedel Person: Kieran Richardson Person: Craig Gordon Person: Stewart Downing Person: Stiliyan Petrov Person: Nigel Reo-Coker Person: Reo-Coker Person: Ashley Young Person: Heskey Person: Ciaran Clark Person: Jordan Henderson Person: Clark Person: David Meyler Person: Darren Bent Person: Meyler Person: Bruce Person: Downing Person: Zenden Person: Titus Bramble Person: Young Person: James Collins Person: Danny Welbeck Person: Collins’Person: Bent Person: Collins Person: Friedel Person: Cuellar Person: Welbeck Person: Henderson Person: Asamoah Gyan Person: Peter Walton Person: Cristian Riveros Event: Barclays Premier League Organisation: Villa Organisation: Aston Villa Organisation: Sunderland Organisation: Wolves’Organisation: Chelsea Organisation: Black Cats Organisation: Bardsley

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