Milner targets Anfield win

23 August 2009 21:29
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} James Milner has challenged Aston Villa to bounce back and win at Liverpool on Monday to get their season up and running.[LNB] Villa have tasted defeat in both games so far this season - a 2-0 home loss to Wigan followed by the 1-0 defeat at Rapid Vienna in the Europa League qualifier.[LNB]So Milner would be forgiven for not relishing a trip to Anfield - where Villa were hammered 5-0 last season - but the winger is up for the challenge.[LNB]He said: "I don't think it's a good or a bad thing that we've got Liverpool next. It doesn't really matter. You've got to play everyone at some point in the season.[LNB]Bounce back"Obviously they had a bad result at the start of the season (at Tottenham) but they've come back strongly with a win against Stoke so we've got to bounce back quickly as well.[LNB]"It's never an easy place to go but it's early in the season and we need to find our form.[LNB]"We showed signs of that against Rapid, when we passed the ball around well, so we just need to get into our stride a bit quicker.[LNB]"It's a hard game whenever you play at Anfield but it's up to us to go there and play better than we have done in the two previous games and keep improving."[LNB]Disappointing dayHe added: "We obviously had a disappointing day at Liverpool last year.[LNB]"With the quality we've got here, we should never lose by that margin so it would be nice if we could bounce back and get all three points.[LNB]"We're a good team away from home as we proved at the Emirates Stadium last year so we have to go out and put on a performance.[LNB]"It's important and you always want to get your first points on the board as early as possible.[LNB]"We didn't do that on the first day so now we have the chance to go to Liverpool and get a good result."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports