Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eastie]

Probably our best 4 performances have been against the top 4-let's hope we can sort out our home form and move on from here as it was a superb display yesterday,and praise is fully deserved for all players,staff and fans.

[Flamingo Lane]

I imagine many have commented on something I saw when Gabby went over the hoardings and looked in trouble. The nearest Liverpool supporter showed his concern by getting out his camera to take a picture.

An absolute disgrace and Sky picked it up and no doubt the BBC will tonight.

Yeah noticed that. What a fucking moron. I hope he's proud of himself.

To be fair, he didn't look as if bending down (to help or otherwise) would have been an easy action for him!

[olaftab]

After Shearer and Linaker had finished licking each others arse a question was put to the audience and 70% said that Suarez  dived. I guess the other 30% were Liverpool fans in China.

[Reuben]

Great stuff.  Made me remember why I used to like that thing called football.  Have been apathetic about the game in general for quite a while and am rarely enthused to watch 90 minutes of a live game these days.  Liverpool had thrashed several teams at home this season and was worried that this could be another one.

Came home at quarter-to six expecting to turn on to see us 2-0 down at half time (thought it was a 5pm k.o) thus saving me the bother of watching the second half.  Instead we were 0-0 at 15 minutes, which was good(!) but also, bizarrely, it sounded like we had been on top.  Expecting that the game would now slip into familiar territory now I had turned on the TV, I suddenly became engrossed in this Villa play not seen (maybe on TV) since Sunderland last year.  Then the goals came and I realised I still had my coat on!  I decided to keep it on for the whole game as a result in some misguided superstitious act not seen in my Villa supporting life since the 90s!

Most have already commented on the major points and the what ifs. I remember someone posting during and after the Arsenal game that that performance was the 'Newcastle' game of last year.  While I understood the parallel, I didn't expect the next game to be a high scoring draw on Merseyside as it was last season.  The game after that was a home win against a team with 'West' in their name if you want to get your bets on!

Nice to have a weekend where you feel proud of the team!

[CJ]

I imagine many have commented on something I saw when Gabby went over the hoardings and looked in trouble. The nearest Liverpool supporter showed his concern by getting out his camera to take a picture.

An absolute disgrace and Sky picked it up and no doubt the BBC will tonight.

Yeah noticed that. What a fucking moron. I hope he's proud of himself.

To be fair, he didn't look as if bending down (to help or otherwise) would have been an easy action for him!

Apologies if it's been posted elsewhere - https://vine.co/v/hlvwwpztEgr

[Chris Smith]

Very good performance all round but, for me, having Vlaar and Benteke both fit at the same time for almost the first time this season was they key to us having a better shape and more stability.

[Stu]

A great performance from Villa, we deserved to win and Liverpool had to cheat their way back into the game.

That wanker with the blog someone posted up in the pre-match thread can take his formations and stick them up his arse.

[SamTheMouse]

First half was brilliant. Second half not bad, I think Lambert wanted us to contain them and the players did that quite well.

But if there's one thing the game highlighted, it's that we need cover for Gabby, preferably cover who is very very fast indeed and knows how to run the channels effectively. Because without Gabs on the pitch, we lack pace and look slightly toothless, especially in these away games where opposition defences play a higher line.

[class_of_82]

Can we please play with that intent and purpose and be switched on like that every week, that's the villa I know and love pace power and movement. There will be lot of sad faces signing on next week.
As for Suarez that will be the last time he cheats us cause when they miss out on that champions league slot he will engineer a move away.
Motd the politically correct sporting arm of the bbc what I would give for a 50-50 ball between Suarez and bosnich (remember kinsman) or Toni Schumacher (battiston) then he could piss off to Real Madrid bit by bit.

[Tony Erdington]

I like a lot of you expected FA, and in the end "I" felt cheated. the cannibal got the help of the muppet (ref) playing to the kop, not for the first time. how many times have they got out of jail by a favour, from the officials, (no jokes about Liverpool being an open prison)

Gabby had a good game and in that form will lead us to safety. the new boys had good debuts.

Dare I  say it , I am not living in trepidation about our home game Monday week. just take that performance yesterday into the game against albion and the Holte will be as stated the twelth man.

[Nii Lamptey]

Cracking result. Should have been 3 points but for that Buck Toothed tosser!

One negative for me was PL bringing Holt on for Gabby. Should have gone with Albrighton as he'd have allowed us to keep a similar formation and play style which was working so well up to that point.

[richard moore]

After Shearer and Linaker had finished licking each others arse a question was put to the audience and 70% said that Suarez  dived. I guess the other 30% were Liverpool fans in China.

I'm sorry but Mickey Quinn said it was a penalty on Talk Shite this morning and that's good enough for me. I think he's about unbiased as you could get when it comes to these sort of things and he's also one of the most intelligent football pundits you're likely to come across

[richard moore]

Stan's taking on all comers in this diving debate. Fair play to him for standing his ground against it. It was shit when Young did it for us. It's shit when it's done against us.

Stan was fantastic last night on Talk Shite. He took them all on and I thought he was going to have a heart attack on several occasions!

[Ron Manager]

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

In your opinion.

Oh dear here we go, there's always one who needs to be centre of attention.

New on here are you?  A forum is for people to express their opinions and for other people to agree or disagree. Whether you like it or not.

[Ian.]

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

In your opinion.

Oh dear here we go, there's always one who needs to be centre of attention.

New on here are you?  A forum is for people to express their opinions and for other people to agree or disagree. Whether you like it or not.

I'm with you I think Ron. I think he dived but I 99% of footballers in that situation would have dived. I have to say dive or no dive it was still a penalty, the contact was so minimal but there was some. I don't blame Brad either though, he committed himself and could have got the ball first. He didn't and they scored from the spot.
The main problem was we was playing a team very capable of scoring at any time and they was very lucky to come into the second half with a very well taken goal. A bit of class on the edge of the box from Henderson picked open the defence.

It was a great performance from all our team, everyone of them deserve credit and we have to take that into our next match.