Mellberg and crew shut down Spurs

Olof Mellberg helped Aston Villa keep a clean sheet in their away game to Tottenham today. Tottenham had most of the possession and Villa never once threatened to score. Thanks to good positional play and a few excellent saves from goalkeeper Sörensen, Defoe and Keane wasn't able to turn their possession into goals, even with playing against ten for ten minutes. Captain Ollie played as he always does and looked as strong and forceful as usual. Good news for the national team with the complete lack of depth behind Teddy, Ollie and Petter Hansson (Heerenveen). A player like Majstorovic is probably out of it since he doesn't have to personality to handle a fourth spot very well. Another reason why someone like Karl Svensson could be a late addition to the squad that goes to Deutschland.