- everything football  Brad Guzan is a game-changer on offense
as much as defense.  By Devin Skrade   Watching Aston Villa
thoroughly dismantle Paolo DiCanio’s Sunderland side, the
obvious takeaway was the potency of Villa’s attack led by
Gabriel Agbonlahor and the ferocious Christian Benteke. Yet at
the end of the game, one swift kick from Brad Guzan when the
match was still goalless stood out above all the fireworks.
Strange for a game featuring seven goals.  Every highlight of
the opening goal--Ron Vlaar’s crack from well beyond 30 yards--
is sure to exclude how precisely the Villa attack began. After
gathering the ball in his own box, Guzan drove a low side-volley
punt 75 yards into the path of Agbonlahor, leading him up the
right sideline. Before Sunderland could recover from their
previous attack, Agbonlahor swung in a dangerous cross, leading
to two blocked shots for Villa and creating the deflection that
ultimately led to the first goal.  Guzan, affectionately known
as the “polar bear”, is notorious f