Villa 2 Tottenham 1 post-match thread

[CT Villan]

McGinn was a monster from start to finish - absolutely brilliant performance.

Ramsey back to his best and our defence looking calm and assured, both with and without the ball. We should have won that 5 or 6 to 1.

Spurs best player today by a country mile was Peter Banks...and I bloody hate these delayed offside calls with a passion.

Well done everyone, but especially the Sultan of Unai.

[rougegorge]

The delayed offsides would have been acceptable if they were consistent. We got flagged almost immediately.

I thought it was going to be a penalty, as I was in line and you know Kane knows how to buy them. VAR took ages, so presumably that was checking offside.

Ollie is off the boil a bit, but we were very good today, especially McGinn and Luiz (one error excepted) and the defence were very solid against a top forward line.

[Smoke]

Literally the only attack they weren't offside from all fucking day and we never see a replay of just a declaration from Gillet that it's onside so can he can give a pen.

Why always us with the dodgy decisions.


Anyway, Unai the Goat roll on next season.

[Somniloquism]

https://www.skysports.com/football/a-villa-vs-tottenham/report/464986

Contains the video highlights. Fucking hell, how the ref and var decided that the striker kicking the ball out then dragging their foot over the prone keeper is a deliberate foul I will never know. Unfortunately they don't look at the offside aspect of it.

[TopDeck113]

Given how close our and Spuds' goal differences are, let's hope that Europe qualification doesnt come down to the net two goal swing courtesy of Kane's pen.

[SamTheMouse]

I must be the only person who thought it was a penalty. Anyhow, who cares, we won and deservedly so. I think we need to be a tad more clinical but fair fucks, we're going places whatever happens. We controlled most of the game, just as the manager wants us to.

What Emery and his team have done with our defence, in particular, is little short of miraculous. I can't remember seeing such a well-drilled offside trap, and the way the whole team slots back into position when we lose possession is very slick. Martinez is obviously key to this with his ability to anticipate and sweep up, but Konsa is looking great again and Mings... Well he's imperious. Since Emery arrived he's been channelling the spirit of Laursen and barely put a foot wrong. Just brilliant.

[Footy-Vill]

Emery El Maestro 2-1 Mason El Tradesman.

A performance that demonstrates how good of a coach our man is. I never thought we'd lose this game because the coaching level between the two are so vastly different.
Footy intelligence Vs non footy intelligence. Like how many offsides do you want Tottenham?
The defence as a whole has learned a lot and Emery is making the team utter professionals, as a whole it was fantastic 3pts and 2-1 doesn't do justice but I'm focused on performances and many players today were exceptional from the club captain Young to the Captain McGinn to Ramsay showing his dynamism.

Hooray for Em'ray

Up The Villa.

[Somniloquism]

Literally the only attack they weren't offside from all fucking day and we never see a replay of just a declaration from Gillet that it's onside so can he can give a pen.

Why always us with the dodgy decisions.


Anyway, Unai the Goat roll on next season.

You could argue why always Spurs getting them recently. I think their last six matches they have benefitted from dodgy Var calls, either not calling blatant ones for the Opposition or giving dodgy calls to Spurs.

[SaddVillan]

Football fact:

When Unai took over, we were 14 points behind Spurs.

[Legion]

Not a penalty.

[Somniloquism]

Football fact:

When Unai took over, we were 14 points behind Spurs.

We were still 14 points behind them in March.

[not3bad]

57 points for the season, now our best points tally since we returned to the Premier League. Hopefully Watkins will get at least 1 goal in the final 2 games to give him his best goal tally in the premier league.

My only complaint today is that it should have been more comfortable. MOTM: SJM.

[Beard82]

Watched that pen a few times - just don’t see it - can’t see us getting that in a million years. 

Don’t see that is clear and obvious either.  Bit of a joke to be honest. Would have also liked to see the lines cos it must have been tight.

If we miss out on goal difference to them in Europe - that will sting

But great results and from what I saw we were the better team

[rob_bridge]

When was the last time we took 6 points from one of the Sky 6?

Arsenal lockdown?

[Paul.S]

Superb performance yet again. McGinn outstanding as were most of them.
Appalling refereeing confirming this country has the worst officials in world football.