Premier League Week 4-Write up Aston Villa v Swansea

Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea

Everything comes to an end and Michael Laudrup's fantastic unbeaten streak finally came to an end as Aston Villa managed to secure their first win of the season much to the detriment of Swansea.

At the start of the day Aston Villa looked like a team who were really struggling in the Premier League and with pressure building on both the manager, Paul Lambert and the players they needed a good performance. That's exactly what they got from the off.

The deadlock was broken early in the game as Michael Lowton opened the scoring and put Villa 1-0 around the quarter of an hour mark thanks to a genuinely spectacular strike that evaded Michael Vorm thanks to a minor deflection. After taking the lead Villa were unwilling to let Swansea back into the game and pressed hard every time the visitors had the ball neutralising almost all the threats by the Swansea attack.

Whilst were very tough at the back, Swansea did manage to come close forcing Brad Guzan to make an excellent double save whilst it was still 1-0. Despite leading for much of the game there was a slight nervousness to Villa that wasn't done away with until they sealed the points in the 88th minute thanks to Belgian international Christian Benteke. Despite not coming on until late into the game Benteke looked sensational and worth every penny of the £7million Villa paid for him.

Villa fans may have been feeling despair just a few days ago though with their first win on the board and with Benteke looking a little bit special they will now be feeling very relieved. Though they may have their first win, they still look like a club who could struggle to stay up, especially if Benteke takes a knock as he looks like he could well be the key to the teams success.

Swansea's great start may have come to a premature end but I doubt many will worry too much at this stage. The Swans are still one of the most attractive to watch teams in the Premier League and a blip here and there will not see their season turning to a horror. This wasn't them are their best but they certainly are not a team to worry about.