O'Leary Delighted With Winning Start

Last updated : 15 August 2004 By Paul Doherty
The Villa boss was particularly pleased with the front pairing of on Carlton Cole and Darius Vassell who bagged a goal apeice in the the first 45 minutes.

"I thought the pair of them were excellent and I'm delighted for them. They deserved their goals, because they played really well," O'Leary said.

"All through the game I thought our goalkeeper was excellent, the back four was great, where we went off the pace was midfield.

"There was a little bit of tiredness as the game went on, but we won it in the first half and deserved to win the game."