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Oooh

Still no Gil... What's he done?

N'Zog had done brilliantly there, shame to take him off but jack will be a bag of energy

YESSS! Well worked goal, and well finished by delph. Love to see players kiss the badge too!

Sinclair looked good there. Get N'Zog off and Gil on

Don't go behind just before half time, please villa

GIL PLEASE

Decent strike, but it would have to be world class from there

No westwood

Gil really needs to come on, I can't understand why he isn't on now.

Just feels special today... Come on Villa!!

I agree, a real shame. Looked so promising.

I reckon this has got a Sinclair goal written on it.

Pure stupidity to have a derby game as an early evening kick off on a Saturday. Trouble is inevitable unfortunately.Stan Collymore ‏@StanCollymore 51s51 seconds ago Benteke hip injury. Not a bad one. Totally agree, should've been a Sunday lunchtime.

Gutted for Gil... If this carries on he'll be wishing he stayed at elche/Valencia.

Assume that's a 4-5-1 with gabby as a lone striker?

Ah...

If benteke is injured then it has to be gabby and Weimann upfront doesn't it? We don't have any other options do we? Unless Kozak is going to hobble about.

Yes! VP will be rocking today.

Perhaps he uses mouthwash?

So excited for this game, maybe it's the win against them this week, but I'm starting to feel more excited about when we play again. I think he'll keep Given in the side for the FA Cup, rather than put the Gooze in. Left back (and right back!) are problematic, but I'm still fairly hopeful we can get a win. My predicted side: Given Bacuna Okore Clark Lowton Cleverley Delph Gil Sinclair Bentekkers Agbonlahor Two weeks ago I didn't think I'd be putting Cleverley in over Westwood, but he played well on Tuesday.

It was a carbon copy of when Balotelli ended his horrible run with a penalty as well. Pretty sure he'll celebrate properly when he scores from open play. Yeah probably just keeping cool for the effect, like saying; 'it's not a surprise to me, I know I'm amazing'. Just thought it seemed strange!

Anyone got a gif of the tackle?

Did anyone else think the muted celebration was a bit weird considering the importance of the goal, and the reactions of the team around him. I only saw highlights so might have misread it, but it looked like he wasn't too bothered that he'd scored such a huge goal?

If that doesn't get them going then nothing will. Use this momentum!