Heroes and Villains: Aston Villa revival and Rampant Rooney

It was certainly another enthralling weekend of Premier League fixtures, with plenty of sublime goals on show and some shocking results! Manchester City were stunned by brilliant Burnley, Wayne Rooney showed ferocious fighting spirit and Sunderland stuttered to a devastating defeat. Read on to find who made our weekly Heroes and Villains list!

Heroes
Battling Burnley
George Boyd’s sensational strike helped Sean Dyche’s relegation-battlers to shockingly overcome City, moving them to within a point of safety.

It was a solid showing from Burnley, with every player putting in a professional shift to secure Manuel Pellegrini’s title-hopefuls stumbled six points behind Chelsea at the summit of the table.

Aston Villa
For the majority of this current campaign Villa couldn’t buy a goal, but against a horrific Sunderland side they managed to strike four in 45 minutes.

Forwards Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor both netted delightful doubles in the first-half to earn the Villans another crucial win in the fight to avoid relegation, moving three points clear of danger.

Wayne Rooney
The Manchester United skipper fired in a fantastic individual goal in a 3-0 victory, delivering a knock-out blow to Tottenham’s top four ambitions.

Following the leaked footage of his recent boxing antics, Rooney showed good character with a tongue-in-cheek celebration after his superb scoring exploits.

The in-form forward has now slotted home 14 goals in his previous 14 outings at Old Trafford, proving his worth to Louis vas Gaal when deployed in the right position.

That celebration from Wayne Rooney is priceless. pic.twitter.com/0OGvpAHDUm

— Football__Tweet (@Football__Tweet) March 15, 2015

Villains
Sunderland
Gus Poyet’s Black Cats put on one of the worst performances of the season at the Stadium of Light against Villa, much to the despair of the Wearside faithful, as fans began to leave the stadium after just half an hour of action.