Aston Villa remains one of four unbeaten sides in the Premiership after a convincing 2-0 win against a troubled Wigan Athletic.
Despite the sun and fun at Villa Park on Saturday the opening 20 minutes against Wigan produced very little heat on the pitch.
Both sides traded possession for most of the first half with Villa creating the better of the chances in the early going.
Barry Bannan continued his fine form and his cross, from a Villa free-kick, for Darren Bent almost produced the opening goal of the game. Bent however was unable to direct his header anywhere apart from wide of the Wigan goal.
Bannan turned provider again for Bent five minutes later but, after some phenomenal control from the Villa forward, his effort was beaten away from close range by goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi.
Villa eventually broke the deadlock after 36 minutes when Bannan released Gabby Agbonlahor down the left flank before the striker cut inside onto his right foot and fired into the near top corner from 12 yards out.
Agbonlahor and Bannan both had curling strikes on goal straight after the half time interval, but Bannan saw his effort tipped away by Al-Habsi while Agbonlahor’s strike drifted just wide of the left post.
Villa doubled their lead thanks to a Darren Bent goal on the hour mark. Agbonlahor made himself a neusance again for Wigan as he broke down the left flank before clipping in a cross to Bent who was unmarked towards the back post. The England striker made no mistakes tucking the ball home with a side foot volley.
Wigan tried to pull themselves back into the game with 15 minutes to go but Richard Dunne and Shay Given were in fine form at the heart of Villa’s defence, as they repelled everything the Latics could throw at them.
A dominating Villa performance means they are still unbeaten in the Premiership this season while Alex McLeish can sleep a little easier tonight after grabbing his first win in the last four games.
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