O'Neill hails 'terrific' win

// 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();} Martin O'Neill was ecstatic at the performance of his players in Aston Villa's 3-1 win at Liverpool. The Villans went to Anfield hoping to avoid a repeat of the 5-0 hammering they received on Merseyside last season.In the end they emerged with all three points after an almost perfect performance on the road.Villa gave Liverpool no time in which to establish momentum in the game, and broke frequently on the counter-attack.Their approach paid dividends, as an own goal from Lucas Leiva and two more from Curtis Davies and Ashley Young ensured a Fernando Torres strike was nothing more than a consolation for the hosts.O'Neill was understandably delighted to have put in such a showing against potential title challengers and felt his side thoroughly deserved their success.Confidence"That was a terrific effort from my team. At 2-0 we were in reasonable command of the game, although you are never in command at Anfield," he said."But when they scored we got a penalty straightaway, a clean penalty, and we were back with our two-goal lead."That gave us confidence, discipline and shape to our team and we deserved to win."Brad Friedel was outstanding. He rolled back the years. He was fantastic against his old club to perform like that at Anfield."He will be delighted with himself, and rightly so, and we are delighted with him."It was a fantastic performance from the whole side and we fully deserved the victory."

Source: SKY_Sports