Villa v Man City Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

Great result and much better performance. Thought Young was excellent when he came on. The linesman that gave the offside for our second goal was shocking all game.

[Ian.]

Clive, Kamara and Dougie have to play together, maybe even with Ramsey in there after his performance today.

That’s so much more energy levels than we have seen for a long time.

[brontebilly]

Fortunate point let's be honest but we created a few decent chances even before we scored. Ramsey was much better today. Hopefully this can give Bailey a real kick forward.

Martinez 6 - sharper off line that usual but footwork very slow defending that cross from KdB
Cash 5 - started poor, Young 8 - our best player!
Konsa 6 - last ditch defending was good but took a chance not tracking Haaland, no confidence with ball
Mings 7 - so poor with ball but battled really well on Haaland
Digne 7 - his best game for us in a long time
Kamara 5 - disappointing yet again. Very little cover to CBs and seemed petrified to turn on ball
Luiz 7 - slow start but easily our best midfielder, after a tough week too
McGinn 4 - unable to track runners from midfield, miles off it unfortunately
Bailey 6 - goal gives him at least two extra points. Lovely finish
Watkins 8 - lead the line brilliantly
Ramsey 7 - like seeing him closer to Watkins, awful touch for a big chance but made up for it with a fine assist

[LeonW]

Brilliant, battling performance. Watkins was absolutely fantastic. That’s the Ollie we know he can be. Bailey showed the class he can deliver with that awesome finish. Defending was great. Luiz great. And coming back from a goal down to get something is important. Unfortunately, we were much much better once McGinn went off. He needs a spell out.

A word for the officiating which was poor throughout unless you’re of a man Citeh persuasion. Rodri not booked early for a usual Citeh rotational foul. And the inconsistencies just continued until that Crystal palace esq call on the Coutinho goal (and he wasn’t even f*cking offside). Yet, the same rules for offside and VAR Awere correctly implement the other end. Hmm.

[Toronto Villa]

Today is like a good drive. If you follow it up with 5 bad shots you waste the drive. That’s all today is

[Goldenballs]

They've won 31 of 33 games they go ahead in according to the presenter on Sky.

[DB]

Agree Comments on McGinn...I hope the penny has dropped with SG.

[edgysatsuma89]

Fair play. Let's hope McGinn gets subbed more often.

[Rory]

Please let this be a turning point.

[LukeJames]

Oh and what the fuck was the ref doing for Phil’s disallowed goal?

More to the point what was VAR doing? It was completely brushed over. How the hell did they decide not to review that? City players just stopped which obviously swayed the officials but that should not stop VAR getting involved. Bizarre really.

VAR couldn't review it because the ref blew his whistle. The officials went completely against what they havebeen doing in those circumstances for the past 2 seasons.

[Goldenballs]

Sourness is hating this. You'd think he'd be happy City have dropped points?

[Mister E]

Fucking robbed. In every other game I've seen, the lineman would not have flagged  - It WAS onside; you could see it was in realtime.  Linesmen are told not to raise the flag if it's marginal. It was .... robbed.
And Sky is not even discussing it!
So angry.

SG did well today. Picked the right team and set them up well.

[Tayls_7]

The kid we brought on for Cash. Fantastic and MotM.
Linesman shit.

[Bad English]

PaulWinch again, you're starting Match threads from now on. Great work, fella.

It doesn't affect the result. Nobody cares who starts threads.

[four fornicholl]

Why the fuck are sky not reviewing Phil’s goal!!!!