Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[beness]

The opening fixtures could have been kinder but I think we've given a good account of ourselves so far.

[PaulWinch again]

I still can not believe we won that.

That first half was McLeishian in the frustration, lack of ambition, piss poor passing, everything, as bad as we've played for a long time.

Mind you, god knows how many times last year we got nothing when we deserved something, so fuck it, I'll gladly take that.

Indeed. It was all about the passing second half - I get the feeling Lambert had a word because straight away after the break we started playing it shorter and to feet, which made all the difference.

It certainly did and there was some movement in the midfield, in particularly Weimann dropping in deep which led to the free kick.

[adrenachrome]

The back line were magnificent. I don't think we were lucky at all.
Does not resolve the problem of breaking down defensively minded teams at home, but 13/2 against and the total goals scored spread were generous to say the least.

[PaulWinch again]

The back line were magnificent. I don't think we were lucky at all.
Does not resolve the problem of breaking down defensively minded teams at home, but 13/2 against and the total goals scored spread were generous to say the least.

Hmm at times they were good, but the goals we conceded were awful.

[oldtimernow]

I gave up at half time in full depressed mode and decided to go for a swim..

45 minutes later and what a transformation...

Even gobby Savage has just said Villa were great??

Manchester ' supporters'  get on the phone so we can feel your pain!!

[JUAN PABLO]

we looked liked a championship team at times and not a top one , yet we beat a team who could win this league easy

[hipkiss92]

Best thing is getting two goals from midfield to get the win

[Karlos96]

Well I didn't see that coming at all. Fanastic result well done lads.

[supertom]

The back line were magnificent. I don't think we were lucky at all.
Does not resolve the problem of breaking down defensively minded teams at home, but 13/2 against and the total goals scored spread were generous to say the least.

Hmm at times they were good, but the goals we conceded were awful.

That manner was disappointing, but I think in open play our organisation is getting better. At set pieces we still struggle a little.
But from 70 minutes onwards we defended as good as I've seen under Lambo. Bacuna certainly looks right at home on the right side. Tony Moon was back on form. I thought he dealt with Navas pretty well too when he came on.

Now comes the matter of winning games we should possibly expect to. We let ourselves down against Newcastle, so we've got to be well on it for Hull.

[VillaAlways]

Immensely proud of them today

[oldtimernow]

I have only bet on us twice this season, and both of those were for us to win against arsenal and man city. I simply could not resist 8/1 and 6/1 respectively. I think I may bet more often 😉

I await the next time we are ridiculously priced, although I didn't disagree lol

Where do we send you the money?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Is it just me, or is everybody on here a little, well, stunned?

You're not alone, James. First two Villa goals I screamed out in joy but when the third went in I just silently looked at the screen.

First half we got ran all over the pitch but managed to almost contain everything they threw at us and mainly restricting them to shoot from distance. We even defended the corners well. The problem was we offered nothing up front.

Second half we managed to string a few passes together and despite City still looking threatening, we started using the midfield. KEA's goal was marginally offside but after that we stuck to what we're good at but with little end result. The free kick was a beauty and as Man City found out, if you don't take your chances expect the unexpected. We certainly got lucky today but that was more down to our lack of confidence on the ball, City's ability to use up every inch of the pitch and the fact every Villa player battled for 95 minutes.

Considering we were without Benteke, Gabby and Jores, arguably our three best players, you have to give the lads credit for the effort. The fans certainly played their part and it was great to see Villa Park rocking again. After suffering 9 defeats in our last 13 home games in the league, a win today was the least our fans deserved.

Saying all that, I'm still completely stunned.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

How the hell we win that I'll never know. They were on another level to us.

However, to our credit we stuck at it and kept going. We made them make mistakes by good pressure.

Deserved something from Liverpool and Chelski but didn't get anything, so will gladly take this. It's a funny old game.

As a side, I think when Kozak has the confidence Benteke has built up over time, he could end up being a good player for us.

[phantom limb]

Well, well well! Not so great in the first half but given the massive gulf in money between the two teams it was to be expected.

What a fucking goal by Bacuna! After that they just imploded, absolutely delighted.

[Tuscans]

we looked liked a championship team at times and not a top one , yet we beat a team who could win this league easy

Completely agree with. A lot of people on here, twitter and facebook obviously didnt watch the game and just see the result. We were very poor and any other day Man. City would of taken us to the cleaners. Im really pleased we won and took all the points but some of us are papering over the cracks.