Villa v Man City Post-Match Thread

[Rory]

De Bruyne's cross took a nick off Digne to send Martínez back-pedalling, I thought.

If so, fair enough, I didn't spot that.

I'm not complaining anyway (apart from about the officials), a clean sheet would've flattered us, as proved by Carragher saying, when De Bruyne hit the bar, "if he'd been three or four yards further back, that would've been a goal".

And who can take issue with that? If Man City had created more chances, got them on target and we hadn't blocked or saved them, they would've won.

[olaftab]

De Bruyne's cross took a nick off Digne to send Martínez back-pedalling, I thought.

No. It was an amazingly clever flight and both Emi and Ezri were caught out.

[olaftab]

After watching another replay of chalked off Coutinho goal all I can say about the lino is "Oh you ******, how could you?"

[charlatan]

Coutinho wasn’t in an offside position, and the ball wasn’t played forward, so there were TWO reasons why he wasn’t offside. The linesman on that side was atrocious all game.

Been over 15 years since I reffed so I'm not as clear as I used to be on the laws, but the second one there looks wrong.

You can't be offside if you were behind the ball when your team-mate passed it, but if you are in front of the ball in an offside position, it is passed backward and you run further backward to get it you are offside.

[olaftab]

Except Coutinho was never in an offside position.

[charlatan]

That's why I said the second one was wrong, not the first.

[ChicagoLion]

You can not be offside if the ball is passed backwards

[jwarry]

Apparently the officials admitted to Gerrard they got it wrong

[Percy McCarthy]

It was a quality cross for me.

Yeah I think it’s mainly the quality of the cross.

Watching it again, I think Emi was taking a couple of steps forward when he hit it it, which left him struggling to get back.

[holteender1]

Its quite remarkable to see the change in attitude due to one game.

Iv been saying, give Gerrard time..he is class, and look what happens, he pulls out a plum against a side who were going to annihilate us if you were to believe all the naysayers.

Hopefully some of the idiots might get off his back now and let him do the job he was paid to do.

[lovejoy]

It’s a great result but only if we kick on from it vs Leicester and Southampton.

[coreyfeldman]

We have to find a way to keep Leon in thr team, because he does lack defensive cover but he's our only real creative spark atm

[Allan C]

Its quite remarkable to see the change in attitude due to one game.

Iv been saying, give Gerrard time..he is class, and look what happens, he pulls out a plum against a side who were going to annihilate us if you were to believe all the naysayers.

Hopefully some of the idiots might get off his back now and let him do the job he was paid to do.

This is spot on. We can all see there is real quality in the squad but it will take time to build on that and add others of similar quality. Gerrard (or whoever else) must be given it. Half of last season and 6 games of this isn’t enough

[MattW]

Its quite remarkable to see the change in attitude due to one game.

Iv been saying, give Gerrard time..he is class, and look what happens, he pulls out a plum against a side who were going to annihilate us if you were to believe all the naysayers.

Hopefully some of the idiots might get off his back now and let him do the job he was paid to do.

This is spot on. We can all see there is real quality in the squad but it will take time to build on that and add others of similar quality. Gerrard (or whoever else) must be given it. Half of last season and 6 games of this isn’t enough

I also firmly agree. Also needs time to build rapport with Critchley.

[coreyfeldman]

Sure, but the mood always changes with a performance, and that was a real performance

Maybe he can learn, he's taking mcginn off and playing Bailey, maybe it can change. I've been very sceptical but saw real promise today