Aston Villa (H) - Post-Match Thread

[jimharri]

Well sure thats fine, but I want better games than I can live with it, we can want more.

Wanting something is great. Nowt wrong with shooting for the stars (cliche alert). I'm all for it. I was hoping for a "statement" win today, 5 or 6 goal margin. It wasn't to be. Sometimes, we have to settle for less than perfection. As in life. This seems to be one of those seasons.

 

[CambridgeExileBlue]

Very sloppy second half, but very good first half. Laporte & Rodri were excellent. Grealish unlucky not to score and Mahrez had one of the funniest misses I've seen (after great work by Alvarez).

Still, I wanted 3 points & a performance and we got that.

As I said about Mahrez miss- not seen that since Mick Channon days.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Nonsense.

Okay pal, granted we were still 2 up but had they made it 3-2 which they almost did we'd of all been on here saying how lucky we were.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I don't like us coasting games when we've built a comfortable lead, it always leads to an opposition goal and we then become nervy. Great win but we need to up it even more for Wednesday night

 

[PragueBlue]

If it weren’t for Ederson, Villa were right back in that, he made some vital contributions at 3-1 to stop it being 3-2 and anything could have happened after that.

And if it wasn't for Konsa blocking Alvarez's header, Mahrez skying a sitter etc etc

 

[citymad]

Better first half but we’re still no where near the levels we’ve been in the past. Second half was frustrating to watch. Plenty of possession but doing nothing with it. Might explain the embarrassing routine fire drills.
Looking forward to getting back to the Champs league again as we,ve been off form since we last played. It’s amazing we’re still on the tails of Arsenal.

 

[malg]

Didn't see any of the game, but we were boring, Akanji was awful, Mahrez missed a bloody sitter and Ederson still doesn't like getting near that first shot on target.

A big thank you to the Matchday Thread for informing all my opinions.

 

[ancoats]

The pre-match, The warm-up, The first half, Job done, 2nd half controlled, Sort of mentally turned off, The result was never in doubt, The right response to a very hard week, all for just 3 points, Just another week at Manchester city

 

[homerdog]

If it weren’t for Ederson, Villa were right back in that, he made some vital contributions at 3-1 to stop it being 3-2 and anything could have happened after that.

Also nonsense!

 

[Chris B]

Obvious team to start against Arsenal would seem to be:

Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Ake
Rodri
KDB Gundogan/Silva
Mahrez Haaland Grealish

Who knows what team Pep will pick though!