Dec 23, 2011

Marc Albrighton Of Aston Villal nets 20,000th Premier League goal


Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton wrote himself into the Premier League history books but it was not enough to prevent Arsenal taking all three points at Villa Park.

Albrighton’s second-half strike was the 20,000th Premier League goal and cancelled out Robin van Persie’s opener but Yossi Benayoun managed to seal the 2-1 win for the north London side late on before Villa’s Alan Hutton saw red. 
The result was harsh on the hosts who, with Gabriel Agbonlahor back after suspension, were a totally different side to the one overrun by Liverpool at the weekend. 

Marc Albrighton shooting the ball towards goalpost 
Villa dominated the early exchanges and were unfortunate to fall behind on 17 minutes. 
When Theo Walcott was pulled back by Ciaran Clark, referee Jonathan Moss had little choice but to point to the spot leaving Van Persie to step up and hammer the ball high into the roof of the net. 
It was the Dutchman’s 34 goal of 2011, equalling Thierry Henry’s club record for most Premier League goals in a calendar year. 
Villa continued to do most of the pressing after the restart and were level on 54 minutes when Albrighton slid the ball wide of Wojciech Szczesny from the middle of the penalty box. 
Benayoun broke Villa’s hearts with a free header on 87 minutes to make it 2-1. 
Hutton was then dismissed in stoppage-time after picking up a second yellow card.
Now Albringhton can donate 20,000 euro as a Charity of his choice but more important is that Albringhton 

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