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title: "Aston Villa player ratings: Swansea (A)"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2018/12/26/aston-villa-player-ratings-swansea-a/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "Features & Analysis"
published: "2018-12-26T21:46:09Z"
modified: "2018-12-26T21:47:00Z"
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# Aston Villa player ratings: Swansea (A)

Aston Villa bounced back from their defeat to Leeds with a 1-0 win away at Swansea on Boxing Day.

Dean Smith’s side managed to pick up a rare clean sheet as they secured the three points in Wales.

Conor Hourihane scored the only goal of the game – in the 65th – minute, although Orjan Nyland was called into action as he saved a stoppage time penalty.

Here is how we rated the players…