Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur ( Marc Albrighton/ Rafael van der Vaart*2)
Villa Park, Birmingham, December 26, 2010- Boxing Day
Tottenham Hotspur survived the first half dismissal of Jermain Defoe to bag a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park on Boxing Day. Both the Spurs goals came from Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart.
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal ( Ciaran Clark*2/ Andrei Arshavin, Samir Nasri, Marouane Chamakh, Jack Wilshere)
Arsenal continued their impressive away record in the league as they beat Aston Villa 4-2 on Saturday, November 27, 2010. The game also saw Jack Wilshere’s first Arsenal Premiership goal.
Arsenal lead 2-0 at the interval. Villa, who were outmatched in the first half, played well in the second, but Arsenal did enough to emerge winners at the end.
Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United ( Ashley Young, Marc Abrighton/ Federico Macheda, Nemanja Vidic) on November 13, 2010 at Villa Park, Birmingham.
Two late goals from Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic allowed Manchester United to play out a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa after the Red Devils were trailing 2-0 with ten odd minutes to play. Villa took the lead through an Ashley Young penalty and doubled their advantage soon after through Marc Albrighton.
Aston Villa were excellent in the second half and dominated United but Sir Alex Ferguson came up with another late escape to salvage a point.