Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Dave Clark Five]

I don't think you do for a minute.

Honest mate, I do.

Pity we can't discuss it over a pint. There's a lot misinterpreted on forums like this. To be honest, I would discuss anything over a pint. I am dry as a bone and this train is crawling.

[villan from luton]

He has a foot injury

[brian green]

I too must offer an olive branch.   I was not taking the piss Smirker when I said what I did about Guzan.   If you took it as piss taking I apologize.   I intended the comment to be a bit of levity in the thread to return the focus onto a great game and and a great performance.

[saunders_heroes]

Best performance of the season for me. Outstanding first half, but I knew once they sneaked in a goal right on the half time mark we'd be under the cosh second half. I think gabby going off didn't help and Liverpool pushed on from then on, but still we didn't give in. Only another dive from the cheat Suarez cost us the deserved 3 points.
Well done, Villa. More of the same from now on!!

[TonyD]

Just back. From the pub! Awesome game The Villa were fantastic. Should've been for 4.0 by half time. Rat face is a cheat.  The first half we were incredible and played them off the park. The only disappointment was the substitution of Holt for Gabby should have been Marco.  Great to have some excitement watching our boys play !!!

UTFFAV. 
   

[Breezeblock]

I'd rather be mid table than have to resort to that to get results, I honestly would.

I wouldn't to be fair. If a few dodgy pens would win us the league then I hope we sign some divers.

I can recall a few matches at Villa Park where Ash blatantly dived and won us a penalty. I didn't applaud the decision and I didn't cheer the resulting goals. I did however call Ash a cheating cocksocket though.  I fucking hate cheats. If diving is acceptable then taking performance enhancing drugs should also be acceptable IMO. Why should one form of cheating be right and another be wrong?

As for the match, well done Villa. Thought Delph was outstanding and both debutantes played well.

[Richie]

Delighted with the performance, particularly first half. Wasn't expecting such a quick start by us and we should have had the match sewn up before the first Liverpool goal. If we could have held on until half time I would have fancied a repeat of last season up there. On the penalty, contact was minimal at best. Look at the reaction of half the Kop - they didn't even appeal. Overall though, it's a point more than I expected. Plus Benteke looks back to his best.

[TonyD]

Also great to our defence bullying their strikers.  The defence was awesome.   Not letting RF score is a big boost for their confidence.

[Dave Clark Five]

I'd rather be mid table than have to resort to that to get results, I honestly would.

I wouldn't to be fair. If a few dodgy pens would win us the league then I hope we sign some divers.

I can recall a few matches at Villa Park where Ash blatantly dived and won us a penalty. I didn't applaud the decision and I didn't cheer the resulting goals. I did however call Ash a cheating cocksocket though.  I fucking hate cheats. If diving is acceptable then taking performance enhancing drugs should also be acceptable IMO. Why should one form of cheating be right and another be wrong?

As for the match, well done Villa. Thought Delph was outstanding and both debutantes played well.

Young got booked, for being a cheating twat, in his final game against Liverpool and we all cheered. It is the only time that I can remember us cheering our own player getting booked.

[ciggiesnbeer]

If Gabby had dived the way Suarez did I would have been calling it a bang on pen.

Just being honest. It was one of those dives that if you squint you can see it the other way. I am not too bitter about it. Suarez really is an excellent player and an unlikeable little fucker though. Gobbing off the whole game.

[olaftab]

Performance of the season probably for me. Suarez spent the whole game moaning, cheating and trying to con the ref, succeeding for their winner sadly. Thankfully the ref didn't send off Guzan.

Which game were you watching?

They "won" 2-2 and that's what they told their American owner.

[olaftab]

Suarez didnt dive it was a penalty. Guzan had no need to bring him down.We could have been 4 goals up after 25mins with some luck and 5 goals up after 36mins. Didnt collapse in the second half. Performance of the season. Sylla played well when he arrived. Vlaar got Man of the Match and he deserved it. Benteke back to his best.

It was a blatant dive

You can clearly see that Arsehole was  going to round Guzan comfortably as he played the ball to the left however at that instead of following the ball he decided to go for Guzan. A self created foul and should have been booked for that.

[TonyD]

Well, where the fuck did that come from???

Excellent first half, regressed slightly in the second, but kept going and had our moments.

The difference in confidence between playing at home and away is ridiculous. Today, players passed the ball, moved to a position to have the ball back an then receive the ball without panicking.

Can we move on from this? Let's hope so.

Thought Bertrand fitted in well and I felt much more at ease with him playing.

Vlarr was great. We look so much better when he plays.

Gabby going off was a big blow.

Everyone contributed and played well.

This.  Will bells on.

[Breezeblock]

 

Performance of the season probably for me. Suarez spent the whole game moaning, cheating and trying to con the ref, succeeding for their winner sadly. Thankfully the ref didn't send off Guzan.

Which game were you watching?

They "won" 2-2 and that's what they told their American owner.

TBF I know how what he means.  It felt like a loss to me too.  Cheating racist Uraguayan spunktrumpet! 

[olaftab]

Anyway what has happened to Guzan the penalty saver? It's a long time since he has saved one and from memory no saves at all in the league since he replaced big Brad.