Premier League Results 24th March

Aston Vila 1-1 Sunderland
Aston Villa dropped more points in their quest for Champions’ League football. They could still do it – they’re only four points behind Tottenham Hotspur – but I’m wondering if this could be a repeat of last season, where they started brilliantly, only to fizzle out at about this time.
James Collins played the full match for Aston Villa despite struggling with an injury. He should have scored but Sunderland keeper Craig Gordon was on exceptional form again. I’m so glad he wasn’t in goal for Scotland when they played Wales. I’m not saying Wales wouldn’t have won but maybe they wouldn’t have won 3-0.

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Birmingham City
Birmingham have dropped away slightly following a brilliant start to the season but they still look set to exceed most people’s expectations. Blackburn are starting to look safe too.
Jason Brown played in goal for Blackburn for the third consecutive game – his second as a starter – and after drawing with Chelsea, he got his first win of the season against Birmingham. And it was very much deserved – he was brilliant. Nice to see that a keeper who is only an afterthought in Wales squads is beating arguably England’s best goalkeeper.

Manchester City 0-2 Everton
It was all in Manchester City’s hands. They were behind fourth place but with games in hand. Now the games have been played and they’re still only fifth. Everton have played a game more than Aston Villa, in the place above them, but they sneaked into fifth place last season, maybe this season they could sneak seventh. At least.
Craig Bellamy is in trouble again. He played the full match, then got into trouble in the tunnel. But he was only following the example set by his manager.