Martin O'Neill comments after his Aston Villa side beat Blackburn 2-0 to move above Chelsea and stay firmly in the championship race:
Source: Aston Villa website:
Martin O'Neill accepts that an explosive counter-attacking style is a major reason for Villa's terrific record on the road.
And the Villa boss was quick to point out that it was a similar story for Manchester United in the early years of Sir Alex Ferguson's reign.
He said: "The teams we are playing sense a danger with us around and I think they set up in a fashion which helps us.
"The onus is on the home team to come out and attack and we seem to be getting a little bit more room.
"We have been able to exploit that.
"Speed on the counter attack is one of our main attributes - absolutely.
"While we haven't got it off to a fine art, we are certainly explosive and very, very dangerous.
"We have respect but no fear and we travel with optimism in every game.
"In the early years of Manchester United eking out championships, their game was built on counter-attacking, no question about that.
"They looked like they were hemmed into their own penalty area and then they broke with such speed and ferocity and they had players who could finish the moves off - that's the most important thing.
"They based their game on that."
Posts
3 comments:
Go Villa you good thing!
Impressive, Villa are right in the middle of the title race. Hope they don't through it away now with 2 and a half months to go.
Yip... Squad depth going to count for a lot here... But getting interesting... Would have been better for us if Liverpool had dropped the ball last night against Portsmouth but Torres saved their bacon
Post a Comment