Back on the Press theme , here is how the Times described our Team that played against Liverpool .
" From their three unflappable centre-backs to their twinkle-toed forward line, via a Stakhanovite midfield, Villa’s team of boys played like men " .
and referring to the goals : " First, the Liverpool defence backed off Holman, who squared for Christian Benteke. The Belgium international had the time to pick his spot, albeit with a shot that bobbled over Reina’s late dive.
Villa’s second was a pearl but once again Liverpool’s tracking of their men was less than Mountie-esque. Weimann’s precise through ball was met by a superlative, first-time Benteke backheel, a moment of other-worldly but world-class magic that wrong-footed the Liverpool defence. The Viennese had run-on and, imperious as a Habsburg palace, smashed the ball gleefully past Reina.
Benteke is already looking splendid value for the £7m it took to prise him from Genk. Collectively, Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger tried means fair and foul to stop him, but for 90 harrowing minutes they were outrun, outmuscled and out-thought. And in Weimann, Benteke had a sidekick as eager and as willing.
To the Kop’s increasing but hushed horror, it could have been three before half-time when Glen Johnson let in Weimann, who chipped on to the roof of the net. Rodgers dangled the carrot of redemption before Joe Cole and the midfielder found himself with 45 minutes in which to further revive his stuttering career. After six of them, it looked unlikely when he was pickpocketed by Holman. The Australian found Benteke, who charged towards goal, again untracked, and skipped past feeble Skrtel and Joe Allen challenges before slotting over Reina with the insouciance of a lambent player near the peak of his powers " .
Some amazing descriptions in there ............Godzvilla !
p.s...
Definition of Stakhanovite
noun
a worker in the former Soviet Union who was exceptionally hard-working and productive: the Stakhanovites succeeded in increasing the quantity of goods produced
an exceptionally hard-working or zealous person: [as modifier]: she was a Stakhanovite worker in the field of female suffering a Stakhanovite train-washing programm
