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Houllier keen for Villa to get closer to Arsenal style

Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier has revealed he's working on his team playing more like Arsenal or Barcelona.

Houllier enjoyed the Gunners' Champions League triumph this week.

Asked if his other players would have watched it on television, Houllier replied: "I hope so yes. But we are improving ourselves. Even against Blackpool at some stage on a bad pitch, we had some good ball possession.

"The philosophy is to be in control of the ball and when you do that it causes problems for the opposition.

"You control the ball and you control the game. We're improving, even in training."

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