How the Irish fared: Steve Bruce hails Villa hero Conor Hourihane

An exquisite free-kick from Conor Hourihane rescued a point for Aston Villa in Saturday’s Championship clash at Blackburn.

How the Irish fared: Steve Bruce hails Villa hero Conor Hourihane
Mon, 17 Sep, 2018 - 03:40
Darren Norris

An exquisite free-kick from Conor Hourihane rescued a point for Aston Villa in Saturday’s Championship clash at Blackburn.

Villa were trailing 1-0 deep into injury-time when they were awarded a free. Sub Hourihane took the responsibility, curling home an absolute peach to keep Villa within two points of the top six.

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