Sutton confidently gathered a long clearance from his goalkeeper Tim Flowers and laid the pass precisely into Shearer's path. The England striker steamed past Ehiogu, destroying him for both pace and power to thump a thrilling 15-yard shot into the Villa net.Had there been any zimmer frames in Ewood Park they would have been rattled in appreciation of the kind of goal that Nat Lofthouse, the Lion of Vienna, used to specialise in. A repeat in Sweden next week will certainly turn Shearer into the Lion of Trelleborgs.By then Villa were well and truly hung out to dry and even had the misfortune to have their substitute Nii Lamptey taken off on a stretcher. His replacement Graham Fenton brought Villa a glimmer of consolation when he smacked a shot against Flowers's woodwork The real thing came in injury time. Ehiogu, momentarily giving up the lost cause of curtailing the Shearer-Sutton menace, went forward to head Kevin Richardson's free-kick firmly past Flowers.Villa were so intent on holding their ground that there was little or no evidence of how they will muster the wit to pull back their one-goal deficit when Internazionale come to Villa Park on Thursday. Dalian Atkinson still likes to put his head down and run at defenders, a tactic easily thwarted here, while Dean Saunders was a forlorn figure for most of the 90 minutes.

One snap header which landed in Flowers's midriff was his only notable contribution.Paul McGrath wisely left the tight marking to the younger legs of Ehiogu and Shaun Teale, before the transfer-listed defender was replaced by the unfortunate Lamptey. But even this deployment of the Irish international as a sort of sweeper could not stem Shearer and Sutton's propensity to do damage where it most hurts.. (First Edition) PARMA travel to the Olympic Stadium in Rome today to face a hungry Lazio, while their close pursuers in the Italian first division, Juventus and Sampdoria, square off. Parma lead the table by two points from Sampdoria, Juventus, Roma, Fiorentina and Milan - with Lazio a further point further behind - and are the only Serie A side to have won their opening three games.Lazio should field their strongest side after several first-choice players were rested for the 4-1 victory over second-division Modena in the Italian Cup in midweek. Their striker Giuseppe Signori, who has been the league's top scorer in the past two seasons and at present stands second with three goals, sat out that match and should be fully healed from a thigh strain.They are still hurting over a 2-1 loss to the champions AC Milan last week, thanks to a last-gasp goal from Ruud Gullit.The club's president, Serigo Cragnotti, later painted it as a moral victory, saying: 'I don't recall Lazio ever playing as well as that.'Parma have had little trouble in winning their three matches so far, dominating the play in midfield en route to outscoring their opponents by a combined 7-1.