Villa's revival to strong for Rovers

Aston Villa 4 Blackburn 1

Sat, 26 Feb, 2011 - 17:14

Aston Villa 4 Blackburn 1

Aston Villa’s impressive revival continued as inspired performances from two-goal Ashley Young and Stewart Downing enabled them to comfortably dispose of Blackburn at Villa Park.

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CourtsSoccerPremiershipPlace: Villa ParkPerson: Ashley YoungPerson: Stewart DowningPerson: YoungPerson: Grant HanleyPerson: DowningPerson: Nikola KalinicPerson: Ryan NelsenPerson: Fabio CapelloPerson: Darren BentPerson: Kyle WalkerPerson: Robert PiresPerson: Paul RobinsonPerson: BentPerson: Martin OlssonPerson: Jermaine JonesPerson: PiresPerson: NelsenPerson: Morten Gamst PedersenPerson: Pires’Person: Martin AtkinsonPerson: Nathan BakerPerson: RobinsonPerson: Fabian DelphPerson: WalkerPerson: Vince GrellaPerson: Richard DunnePerson: VillaPerson: Roque Santa CruzPerson: JonesPerson: Brad FriedelPerson: Keith AndrewsPerson: HanleyPerson: Marc AlbrightonPerson: Steve KeanPerson: Jason RobertsPerson: AlbrightonPerson: Stiliyan PetrovPerson: PetrovPerson: KalinicPerson: DunnePerson: FriedelEvent: Barclays Premier LeagueOrganisation: VillaOrganisation: RoversOrganisation: Aston VillaOrganisation: BlackburnOrganisation: TottenhamOrganisation: Santa Cruz
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