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By Josh Kerslake<\/h3>\n

15 May 2011 18:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Aston Villa<\/a> defender Richard Dunne<\/a> praised the fight that his Aston Villa team-mates showed in their impressive 2-1 victory over Arsenal<\/a> at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

Two goals from Darren Bent secured the win for Gary McAllister’s side and despite a late goal from Robin Van Persie, Villa held on for the three points.<\/p>\n

“I think today showed how much everyone was fighting for the club and how much we wanted to put some respect into our season,” Dunne told SkySports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“If you can get in front against the top sides then you know you’ve got a lot of defending to do. Luckily for us we have Darren and he got two great goals and gave us something to hold onto.”<\/p>\n

The majority of the match after Bent’s brace was played inside the Aston Villa half, and only superb defending from James Collins and Dunne kept Arsenal at bay.<\/p>\n

“Overall I think we defended well and that’s the most important thing. It’s disappointing that they got a goal at the end but the most important thing was to get the three points today.”<\/p>\n

Arsenal had a huge penalty shout in the first half when Dunne appeared to foul Aaron Ramsey in the area, but Dunne believes referee Michael Oliver made the correct decision.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t a penalty. I got myself inbetween the ball and him Ramsey and Friedel collected the ball.<\/p>\n

“At the time Arsenal were two up so they were shouting for everything!”<\/p>\n

Goalscorer Bent echoed Dunne’s comments by speaking of the team spirit within the Aston Villa camp, and is looking at an improvement in Villa’s Premier League finish next season.<\/p>\n

“The boys have stuck together and we always believe in each other, it’s game likes this where you really appreciate that and we’re over the moon with the three points.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a bit of a rocky season. Aston Villa have finished 6th two seasons in a row, but next season we will start again and will be fighting fit and ready to go.”<\/p>\n

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