Villa fullback Young: Spurs played more long balls than anyone we’ve faced
Aston Villa fullback Luke Young has branded Tottenham a long-ball team.
After frustrating Spurs on Saturday evening, Villa were subjected to chants from the White Hart Lane faithful accusing them of being boring.
But former Spurs defender Young claimed: “It was a hard-fought point for us and a really important one.
“I think they played more long balls than anyone I’ve played against this season with the balls up to Peter Crouch. Pretty much most of the danger they caused us was in to Crouch and then flicking it inside and Jermain Defoe coming back in.
“It doesn’t really bother us how we win our points.
“We know we’re not a boring side with the likes of Ashley Young, Stewart Downing, James Milner and Gabby Agbonlahor.
“I think it was just frustration from the home fans.”
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Stoke City | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 14:00 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | 14:00 |
| Everton | Newcastle United | 3 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Sunderland | Manchester United | - 1 | 14:00 |
| Wigan Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Manchester City | Queens Park Rangers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Swansea City | Liverpool | 14:00 | |
| Norwich City | Aston Villa | 14:00 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | 14:00 | |
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| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 89 |
| Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 89 |
| Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 70 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 64 |
| Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 52 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 47 |
| Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 47 |
| Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 45 |
| Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 43 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | -16 | 38 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 37 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 36 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 25 |
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Comments (12)
Insomniacs............Just watch Villa & You'll be fine.....
talking shite. Oh you must be a villa fan !!!!!
I'd be more worried about why villa used the same boring tactic's at the game at villa park, your going nowhere with O'Neil,
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