Follow live action from the Championship play-off final at Wembley as Aston Villa and Derby chase a golden opportunity to achieve promotion to the Premier League.
After a tense start, Anwar El Ghazi gave Villa the lead with a diving header on the stroke of half-time, courtesy of a fine cross from Ahemd Elmohamady. John McGinn then doubled Dean Smith’s side’s lead, outleaping Derby keeper Kelle Roos to put Villa firmly on course for victory.
But Martyn Waghorn sparked a Rams’ fightback, diverting Jack Marriot’s shot into the bottom corner with just under ten minutes to play. Yet despite a nerve-riddled finale, Villa held on to clinch promotion to the Premier League.
"The biggest challenge for Villa is not only to go back to the Premier League, but to start being relevant again in the sport," said Angel, who became their record signing when joining from Argentinian club River Plate in a £9.5 deal in January 2001.
"People who understand the history of the club appreciate what they've got.
"But in order to keep up to date, you've got to keep winning and be relevant in the modern game.
"It is very easy to become irrelevant quickly and for people to forget about you. You have to be in the Premier League and make noise when you are there.
"They have to create a project that attracts younger players from around the world and play the type of football that everybody wants to watch - the DNA of Aston Villa's history." (PA)
"I will sit down with Mel after the game, which was planned before all this talk anyway, to see firstly what the result was on Monday because that's going to define how we chat.
"It's as simple as that. I find it quite difficult because they (Chelsea) have a game coming up - more importantly for me we have a game coming up before that."
"And also they have a manager in Sarri who is trying to get them to win that final.
"It's been a bit of an obvious link all season. If I say it's maybe because of where we're at - in the final - and we're being talked about and I get linked because of my 13 years at the club, then I understand the link.
"But in terms of how I'm seeing it, I don't want to think about it, I don't want to talk about it. I want to talk about Monday, I want to work with the team and get this over the line for us."
The resulting corner again goes straight through the penalty area. Derby need to get their act together at set-pieces.
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