Aston Villa (H) | PL | Post-match Thread

[I'm Blue]

Great result and performance.
Some very good performances all over the pitch.
Special mention to Doku considering he’s had some stick, who was excellent tonight.

 

[uwerosler28]

Does Phil deserve to be pushed out wide again next time Pep wants to start De Bruyne?

 

[Chi-town blues]

Grealish was poor

Speak for yourself unless you got 200 million in your bank.

 

[Gogootz]

Honestly, that was mint tonight.

It’s amazing what toward, vertical passes can do isn’t it? They cause havoc, thread one pass through and let Foden etc. work their magic with delicate 1-2s and devastating movement.

Thing is, Haaland can do that too I think. We’ve just never seen Pep unleash those tactics with him in the side. He buries 2 of those Alvarez chances tonight I think.

Some of the intricate 1-2s involving Phil/Rico/Alvarez were sublime and we were very unlucky they didn't end with a goal.

 

[OB1]

Good performance. More goals would have been nice but still a good result against a team one place behind us and that murdered us at their place.

 

[asgoodasitgets]

I know its all about opinions but i cant fathom how you think he was poor.

It’s simple
He’s a halfwit with no understanding of the game .
eg . Tonight Foden was shit .

 

[mexico1970]

Great game compared to the Arsenal 3D chess, nice for Phil to get some reward for his hard work and Doku and Gvardiol were excellent too.

 

[Axel Freed]

Football’s only a game so above all tonight I’m relieved that Olsen managed to come through the game unscathed.

There were several nervous moments when players lightly brushed against him as he tried to collect crosses and I feared that such sickening incidents might again cause him to receive a serious injury similar to the last time he was on the Etihad pitch.

Safe journey home Robin

 

[Dribble]

Hahaha... I'm getting pelters.
I'm nearly home so I'll watch it again.

Honestly mate, it's not the very best I've seen Grealish play, but he offered us a good level of control & for the first time in a long while, we looked like the Manchester City of old.

When was the last time we looked like running riot on goal? We scored four & missed loads, & on another day we could've scored seven, with the chances missed by Bernie, Doku, Lewis & Sergio.

Jack played a full part in all of that, & he seems to have returned to his peak of physical fitness. I'm sure you'll see his performance differently, without the stress of not knowing what the final score would be.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The world’s best player is Rodri

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