Aston Villa Vs. Blackburn Rovers: Nikola Kalinic Gives Blackburn A Goal

Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne helped give Blackburn Rovers their 81st minute goal, but the own-goal anti-hero won’t see another added to his tally. Rovers striker Nikola Kalinić gave a superb effort, cutting through the Villa defense to send in a long range effort. The ball took a deflection off Dunne, giving it a crazy looping curl that Brad Friedel had no chance of reaching. But with less than ten minutes left, do the visitors really have any chance of catching up with Villa?

Blackburn look fairly defeated by this point, even against a weakened Villa defense. Their away record speaks volumes, and they almost seem to have no idea what they might do to create chances. Instead, Villa are dominating, snatching back possession and taking every opportunity to take shots at Paul Robinson’s goal. Should Villa take all three points, they’ll move ahead of Rovers in the table, giving Villa a bit more breathing space.