Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Stu]

Anger....subsiding.

Liverpool next up, it's about time we did these twats at Villa Park.

[SoccerHQ]

End of the day, we lost a game and realistically 1 point. I think even if Andi scores one of his chances, we'd have sat back afterwards and conceded anyway.

Not too fussed again as we have 3 points from two games, that's 1 more than two battling draws at the Emirates and Stamford Bridge. And if there's one thing that's held us back over the last 20 years, it's this obsession we have with drawing games, thinking it's great when we string an 8 or 9 unbeaten run even though 6 of those games have been drawn.

Another good thing is we've got two of our toughest away games out of the way and we've still got a positive goal difference. Generally teams that have positive goal differences end up in the top half.

All in all, we certainly have the right man in charge for the task ahead this season.

[Rudy65]

Think Westwoods bookng was for dissent

[curiousorange]

Mourinho is lauded for that kind of crap. Let's suppose it had been Villa getting the rub of the green in those calls. Let's see how charming and mischievous he'd sound then.

I hate whining about bad decisions, and the big calls were terrible decisions. But there's a gap of league games after Liverpool and we need to go into it knowing we gave 110% in the cause of getting points. We've done that in our opening away games, now it's time to put in a home performance to make everyone sit up and take notice. If we get the win on Saturday, I can easily put tonight behind me.

[Somniloquism]

End of the day, we lost a game and realistically 1 point. I think even if Andi scores one of his chances, we'd have sat back afterwards and conceded anyway.

And what have you seen of Lambert recently that we sit back after scoring?

[placeforparks]

thought we were great again. deserved a point.

the midfield 3 were fantastic, special praise for delph.

keep the heads up, and bring on the scousers.

[alan_clarke]

More from Jose Mourinho, this time on Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert's protests that Branislav Ivanovic should have been sent off for a clash with Christian Benteke before heading home Chelsea's winner: "Benteke makes a lot of fouls and the opponent who plays against him has to make a lot of fouls.

"Paul Lambert reminds me of me at his age. Now I complain with some decisions, at his age I complained at every decision. Paul complains at every decision, I was the same. Benteke and Ivanivic, they are two giants, it was 50/50."

I could agree with Mourinho and even concede that we didnt get the pen but the ref didnt treat the two teams the same when he had similar decisions to make.

[PeterWithesShin]

End of the day, we lost a game and realistically 1 point. I think even if Andi scores one of his chances, we'd have sat back afterwards and conceded anyway.

And what have you seen of Lambert recently that we sit back after scoring?

Have we ever sat back under Lambert?

[ozzjim]

End of the day, we lost a game and realistically 1 point. I think even if Andi scores one of his chances, we'd have sat back afterwards and conceded anyway.

Not too fussed again as we have 3 points from two games, that's 1 more than two battling draws at the Emirates and Stamford Bridge. And if there's one thing that's held us back over the last 20 years, it's this obsession we have with drawing games, thinking it's great when we string an 8 or 9 unbeaten run even though 6 of those games have been drawn.

Another good thing is we've got two of our toughest away games out of the way and we've still got a positive goal difference. Generally teams that have positive goal differences end up in the top half.

All in all, we certainly have the right man in charge for the task ahead this season.

You are spot on Soccer, but tonight I will be bitter.

Tomorrow, I will be apprehensive. One of my biggest annoyances with Villa is not backing up displays like the last couple with similar at home. And Liverpool looked decent last week.

[JUAN PABLO]

lambert - flying elbow , its a sent off

stonewall hand ball

im not saying too much .I will get into trouble. we were outstanding

[Jimbo]

The game is rigged. This ain't gonna change. Onto Saturday.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ultimately, we played very well, and were unlucky to lose, in a match we got twatted 8-0 in last season, at a team who are very possibly going to win the league.

I'd rather we got robbed and lost at Chelsea away than somewhere you'd think we were more likely to get something.

We can go into the next game full of confidence.

[saunders_heroes]

Haven't seen any of the match yet but from what I've heard we played very well indeed and were very unlucky not to get at least a point. Even though we've lost I still feel very positive about this season, and I certainly didn't feel this way just a week ago.
Good stuff, Villa, lets keep it up and stuff the scousers on Saturday!

[Dave]

As for the penalty, if you can see why that is given beyond 90th minute at the Bridge, then you are a significantly more enlightened man than I.

You've clearly made your mind up that everyone is against us and that there is some shadowy conspiracy going on, so I'm not going to bother trying to change your mind.

But I assume that this conspiracy that means we would never get an injury time penalty at Chelsea was set up sometime after 2007?

[peter w]

Some quotes from the Shed End forum:

Very poor today.
Have to say Villa were robbed.
No red card for Ivanovic, no penalty on Terry's handball.
Cech is my MOTM.


Happy, Villa played very well and we managed to get 3 points. Plus, we're 2 games in.


That was a stone wall penalty for Villa.


They managed to create better chances but we scored the goals. Cech MOTM.


We were lucky to get the three points, Villa were really good tonight. They could get top half this year


Good villa side...3 points is what matters...


Overall, a poor showing. Have to say this win leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Ivans goal looked to be offside and that was a clear penalty for Villa.


He's not a Chelsea player but I thought Delph was outstanding for Villa, he came out on top against our boys in the centre of the pitch


First off Villa are a promising young team with a
cracking striker the manager is up & coming as well. The optimism on here leading up was based on what exactly a freak thrashing last season ?? Certainly not on watching them after that game.


Their goal was just sheer brilliance by Benteke that couldn't be stopped by anyone and we looked significantly better when Lukaku came on, i'm happy with the 3 points and I don't think United will be as close a game as that