Villa opens Rams account
03 Feb 2008 - 12:55:00
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- Villa opens Rams account
Derby County striker Emanuel Villa won praise from team-mate Dean Leacock after his first goal for the Rams secured a 1-1 draw at Birmingham City.
The 25-year-old netted in the final minute at St Andrew's, latching on to Leacock's flick to head home his first strike for County on his fifth appearance.
Leacock told the club's official website: "We have seen in training what kind of finishing he is capable of, so hopefully he can continue to do that in games and score more goals for us.
"The ball just came back to me, so I took a little swing and luckily enough it went to Tito, who nodded it in.
"I tried to get it into a dangerous area and he has that goalscoring instinct."
Rams boss Paul Jewell added: "It was nice to see Tito score and get off the mark. Let's hope it's the first of many for the club.
"We came back from behind and showed a bit of character, but I was disappointed with our first-half performance.
"I wanted us to come here and take the game to Birmingham because we knew they'd be edgy, but we didn't."