With Brad Friedel in goal, Blackburn beat seventh-place Aston Villa, 3-0, for a win crucial toward avoiding relegation. Blackburn remains in the relegation zone, but has a game in hand on 17th place Bolton, which lost to Sunderland, 1-0, also on Tuesday. U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna was sidelined for Sunderland with a hamstring injury.