Pre-Season: Peterborough 2 Aston Villa 3

Villa headed to London Road tonight for there first pre-season game of the summer to take on League 1 outfit Peterborough.

John Carew came close early on but it was the home side who looked more dangerous at a very muggy London Road.

However, it was Villa who took the lead thanks to Ashley Young. He took a touch before superbly lobbing Lewis in the boro goal in a goal that was described as one of the best you will see in a pre-season fixture.

Posh equalised almost immedietly thanks to Aaron Davis. He fooled the Villa backline before beating two Villa players and slotting past Brad Friedel in the Villa goal.

Both sides created chances and came close but Villa once again took the lead. John Carew converted a cross with a neat little flick and it went in of the inside of the post.

Villa soon doubled there lead when Eric Lichaj fired a header past Joe Lewis to make it 3-1.

The home side then pulled one back thanks to Charlie Lee but it wasn’t good enough to give the home side a share of the spiles.

It was a useful run out for Martin O’Neill’s head before the head over to Ireland this coming weekend.