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Birkir Bjarnason has opened up to Under a Gaslit Lamp about his time at Aston Villa and his relationship with the club’s fans.
What did he say?
Bjarnason played a total of 54 games for Aston Villa, scoring six goals and getting three assists, having been at the club from January 2017 up until the summer of 2019.
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The 31-year-old, who now plays his club football for Al Arabi in Qatar, has opened up about his time at Villa Park, with one of the topics being his relationship with the club’s supporters while he was there.
Speaking to Under a Gaslit Lamp, he said: “It’s a massive club with a lot of fans – there was always a huge amount of supporters at away games which is very impressive.
“It made a big difference for the players to see the support, and I always had a great relationship with the fans. I enjoyed being able to play for them whilst I was at the club.”
Cutting through the frustration
The Iceland international did not always have the best time of things during his time with Villa as he often found himself out of the side.
His frustration was hinted at when he scored during Villa’s memorable 4-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Having gone on a weaving run and finishing his delightful solo effort off by hitting the ball past John Ruddy, he simply smashed it back into the net for his celebration, not really joining in with the jubilation that was going on around him.
In the aforementioned interview, he admitted: “It was the frustration that I didn’t start, that I wasn’t appearing in consecutive games that came out in that celebration.”
However, it can be said that he took a lot of the support from the fans who filled the ground, while he also signed off from the club in arguably the best possible way, as he helped to win the play-offs and get Villa back to the Premier League.
In other news, Villa fans have been reminiscing about a goal scored against Birmingham City.
