Source: Team_Talk
Villa won't make Emile of surge
Villa climbed back into the third place they occupied briefly after Saturday's famous victory at Manchester United with Tuesday night's 2-0 win at Sunderland, with Heskey scoring his third goal in five games.[LNB]But Martin O'Neill was quick to play down their chances of remaining in the top four, and there is little danger of any complacency among his players.[LNB]Heskey said: "We have put ourselves in a great position and just have to keep there.[LNB]"We are not getting carried away, we just want to carry on and keep getting the points.[LNB]"We will see how we go over the Christmas period. This is the busiest period and we have a lot of games. We will see how we come through and where we go from there.[LNB]"It is interesting because people will probably feel that we might die off a little bit. But we can hopefully stay up there."[LNB]Heskey opened the scoring at the Stadium of Light when, after Stewart Downing had hit the bar with a curling free-kick, he ran onto James Milner's pass and fired past goalkeeper Marton Fulop.[LNB]Brad Friedel had to save well from Andy Reid before the break and the Irishman wasted a golden opportunity to level four minutes after the restart.[LNB]But after Villa had hit the woodwork again through Ashley Young, Milner made sure of the points with a 30-yard stunner.[LNB]Milner said: "It was a throw-in and I just managed to get it out of my feet. It was just bobbling along and I thought why not have a go?[LNB]"I think Stewart was calling for it so I had to make sure I hit the target, otherwise he would have given me a rollicking.[LNB]"But you have got to try your luck."[LNB]Heskey and Milner will both hope their efforts at club level will book their seats on the plane which flies Fabio Capello's England squad out to South Africa for next summer's World Cup finals.[LNB]But Heskey, who comfortably overshadowed Sunderland's Darren Bent, is again taking nothing for granted.[LNB]Heskey said: "I just want to play games. I am just concentrating on playing for Aston Villa and anything that comes with that is a bonus."[LNB][LNB] Barclays Prem To Be in Top 4 Win Outright: Aston Villa 2/1
