CITY 0 ASTON VILLA 2 FA Barclays Premiership 28th April 2007 Attendance 40,799 Scorers Carew(24), Maloney(75)

City Isaksson, Distin, Dunne, Ball, Onuoha, Barton, Ireland, Vassell, Samaras, Mpenza, Hamann – Subs Sinclair(68), Sun(45), Weaver(unused), Dabo(unused), Trabelsi(unused)

Aston Villa Sorensen, Bardsley, Mellberg, Laursen, Bouma, Gardner, Petrov, Barry, Young, Carew, Agbonlahor – subs Moore(86), Maloney(71), Cahill(65), Taylor(unused), Berger(unused)

Villa were in impressive form on the road when they visited Eastlands.
…John Carew opened the scoring on 24 minutes with a stunning header inside Andreas lsakssons near post from Ashley Young’s left-wing cross. And Scottish midfielder Shaun Maloney put the issue beyond doubt with a dipping 25 yard free-kick in the 74th minute.
EXTRACT FROM ASTON VILLA PROGRAMME 5TH OCTOBER 2009