Match Verdict

STAR MAN JOHN McGINN Aston Villa

IF this is the real Aston Villa, the rest of the Championship should be very afraid. Derby have marmalised plenty of teams this season, but this was men against boys.
Villa were bigger, faster, quicker to read every situation. That’s no dig at Derby; no side in the division would have lived with an outfit who, under Dean Smith, finally appear to be showing a quality befitting the names on their shirts.
Theirs is, without doubt, the best squad in the league. Yannick Bolasie, the man who created the first go...