Phil Parkinson sees holes in Aston Villa’s defence policy

 
City manager Parkinson has words with referee Graham Scott at half-time
8 January 2013

Phil Parkinson has told Bradford City to get at Aston Villa tonight as he believes the Premier League side are vulnerable following a nightmare Christmas.

Villa shipped 17 goals and picked up just one point in four League matches before getting some respite with a 2-1 win FA Cup win over Ipswich last Saturday.

Tonight they go to Bradford for the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final with the League Two side and Parkinson believes the visitors will be nervy.

Bradford’s boss said: “We have to take advantage of the fact they’ve conceded a lot. It doesn’t matter what level you’re at, if you concede that many there is a vulnerability there, confidence-wise.”

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