The second half begins with a flurry of bookings, but then up pops the marvellous John McGinn, Villa's player of the season to bag the second goal. A shot from the tireless El Ghazi is deflected by a defender and loops up in the air. It really should have been claimed by the Derby keeper, Kelle Roos, but instead McGinn heads it in.
Two goals ahead and the Villa fans go wild!! Cue a massed rendition of ...
'We've got McGinn,
super John McGinn.
Just don't think you understand.
He's Dean Smith's man,
he's better Than Zidane,
we've got super John McGinn!'
Villa start well with lots of promising attacks all of which sadly come to nothing. Opportunities are missed, shots go wide and crosses fail to find an attacker.
As half-time approaches it looks as if Villa will be frustrated but then Conor Hourihane lofts a lovely pass to Albert Adomah on the right. Adomah passes back to Ahmed Elmohamady who curls a lovely cross into the penalty area. And there's Anwar El Ghazi on hand to put the ball in the back of the net.
One nil, and the half-time whistle blows!
In February we seem dead and buried - languishing in the bottom half of the Championship. But a ten match winning streak and a steely performance against West Bromwich Albion sees us in the Play-Off final.
We came to Wembley last season only to find our team defeated by Fulham. This time we mean business. Expectations are high in the build-up to our match against Derby County.
