Sunday Mar 23 2008 14:24
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill admitted his side deserved nothing from Saturday's clash with Sunderland.
The Black Cats secured their first away win of the season thanks to Michael Chopra's late goal as Villa's poor recent run continued.
Former Northern Ireland international O'Neill said: "It's been a poor day. It was particularly disappointing because today was the opportunity for us to get back on track, to go and force the pace and force a win.
"We didn't necessarily have to play wonderfully well, it was just about winning the game. But not only did we fail to win it, we lost it. I understand the frustrations of the fans. This is something that we have to put right.
"We didn't do well enough for long enough again today. There were misplaced passes and the wind obviously didn't help.
"Then what happens with eight or nine minutes to go, as we were thinking there was still a chance to force a winning goal, we conceded a really lousy goal to lose the game. It was a very poor goal from out viewpoint."
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