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15 minutes to get this shit done. Score a **** goal, boys.

WHAT A MISS. My life flashed before my eyes.

We've been excellent this half. A goal against us would be a travesty. And a tragedy.

I think Ash is getting his mojo back. A run out against a weaker defence like this is exactly what the doctor ordered. They terrified of him. Terrified.

Delph has a sense of awareness and a range of passing. He really could be the attacking mid playmaker / box to box man we're looking for, sooner than we think. I do think at the moment he's still too raw for the first team though. In the league anyway.

Doesn't look anything like 30k to me, but I'm terrible at estimating these things. General apparently said expecting 22k, I'd say there's 20k there.

Imagine being 2 down and no change in the volume of support, they deserve a medal, this lot. We could learn a thing or two, methinks. Although I like keeping my shirt on. Also, Milner is a beast, and I bloody love him. Has given the whole team energy tonight.

It's the difference between Heskey and Carew, both can flick the ball on or hold it up, on Oh my god GUZAN!!! Clear foul in fairness.

Christ we can play. Carew can play!!! Whooooooooooo!!!

Decent half but we've gotten nothing from our forwards and Vienna look capable of a goal. Ref has been weak but we've benefitted for once. Take off Heskey and lets finish this off.

Earlier I said you never win a game where you miss a pen. I meant you never miss a game where you miss TWO pens. Wasn't sure about the first one, but the second looked like a bit of a dive to me. Don't like to see it if it was one.

Thats strange as we beat Aresenal last season when Ash missed a pen. Good point, I was more making a PENOOO AGAIN

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Ashley. You never win games you miss penos in. Never. Oh well, gotta keep believing.

PENNNNOOOO!!!! Great advantage!

Excellent by Jimmy Milner there, good defending by Rapid in the end to clear. Delph not up to much, imo. Needs more time.

Serious pressure here now, bout time.

My, Martinez has a different attitude from when he was here a couple of weeks ago. Things going south for him since he left VP with 3 points!

If quality of support was what determined a team's success, Rapid would be in the Champ's league final. They are amazing. I guess us fans aren't as important as we thought! Not too much going on here at the moment. Good free kick from Rapid there.

I understand leaving out NRC - he ran his socks off vs. Pool and will be needed against Fulham. He's also not the sort of guy with the invention to break down a team that has a first leg lead and can sit back. But I am worried about Delph. I never like seeing Heskey play but am happy about having Carew back. Have a bad feeling about this one. Could be going out on away goals here. Let's hope I'm wrong. Up the Villa!

It seems the fans were right. 4-5-1, no Heskey, NRC has to play. In fairness to MON, he's the one who got it right, he's the one who motivated the lads and put an injured Davies out there who ended up being immense. First win over Liverpool in 8 years... what a massive step forward. Season begins here. Our young lads will have their confidence back now, for sure. A note of caution. We've still a small squad, and we're suited to counter-attacking football. There will be other days like Wigan at Villa Park this year. But who cares about that now, let's just celebrate an immense performance. Man of the match: Can't choose between NRC, Davies (scored and silenced Torres) and Brad. Beye, Cuellar, Sidwell all great as well.

Lol, when I saw our away kit I knew we'd get some classy performances in it. We looked dapper in attire, and **** ferocious all over the pitch. Absolutely savage stuff all around. I hate to say it but the fans were right - 4-5-1, no Heskey, NRC must play. All those things occurred and look what happened! Also our away supporters were magnificent.

Do you wanna make money on Ebay? No I wanna win the league! LOL Whooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

These are excellent points. This really is an epic win tonight. We never win games like this, this is a huge step. And it gets all our young lads back on the confidence train. Effin' brilliant.

Jesus the ref has been wonderful. Gave an away team a pen at Anfield, resist Torres and Gerrard's moaning, and turned down some difficult pen decisions for Liverpool (correctly). Who's the ref? Want to buy him a beer. Just doing his job, but half of them bloody can't!

NRC playing absolutely wonderful, but he'll never have a great first touch!