Villa 2 Tottenham 1 post-match thread

[Smithy]

We're the only premier league club to have two different players score a direct free-kick this season.

[olaftab]

I thought the noise levels were amazing today.

that chap from south of France doesn't seem to agree, can you put him right please?

[achilles]

As soon as the second went in I was never in doubt. If we're to get a result at Anfield we'll need to start taking our chances. Spurs were lucky not to go in at least 3 down at half time.

Great to see Bouba back to playing the way he did first half of the season and despite his injury wasn't afraid to put a foot in. So many good performances today Martinez, Ashley Forever Young - what a season he's had, Konsa and Mings, Dougie, JJ, even Buendia showed some good work after a couple of dodgy performance. MOTM by a country mile, SJM and he did most of it on a booking that never should have been.

Kane got him booked by going down as though he had been shot and rolling about and as soon as the ref had booked SJM he got up as fresh as a daisy - wanker!

[N'ZMAV]

Kane marked out of the game by McGinn. Priceless.

[Gareth]

Comprehensive performance, was relaxed before the game as they have a decent from 3 but a slow, gutless and unintelligent rest of the team.

McGinn was immense, everywhere! 

Think I love most is you look at Buendia, Bailey, Ashley (age only) etc and you’d back Emery to have much better options in their roles next season

Kane is an absolute cheat…up there with Fernandes but obviously we aren’t allowed to say it because he is English….

The referee was abysmal, not biased just truly abysmal….my main annoyance was our first goal…how he didn’t book Romero afterwards for going straight through the back of Ollie in the build up was incomprehensible.

It’s nice to see proof that VAR is there to re-referee the game with forensic style officiating (to manufacture outcomes the PL want) rather than look for clear and obvious errors.

As for the chronic line running….as plenty have said someone will get seriously injured as a result of the ludicrous lack of flagging…

[charlatan]

As for the chronic line running….as plenty have said someone will get seriously injured as a result of the ludicrous lack of flagging…

But flagging and blowing up immediately means more time available in the rest of the game for players to get themselves injured (most likely doing something almost as inconsequential).

[LeeB]

Mings played like he was wearing slippers, he was absolutely imperious.

[DeKuip]

I’m still trying to get my head around how Spurs were allowed to take a free kick for offside in our half.

I was absolutely furious about that, just summed up the referee who was dire!

When a player has run back into his own half from an offside position the free kick is taken from the point at which he becomes offside, (when he challenges for or touches the ball the ball), so it was correct where Spurs took the free- kick from. It’s not unusual to see that.

[remy]

That first half was absolutely magnificent.
Spuds were abysmal.
Bent officiating not incompetent.
That first goal by us we looked like a tidal wave was coming.
McGinn - just wow what a performance. The rest of the lads were outstanding too. Nice to see Kamara back.
We’ll get at least a point at the 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' based on how we played today.
Uncle Unai said the players fed off the energy from the fans and vice versa. Damn right!
Thank you Unai and players for making this a special season and on an upwards trajectory, how far can we go?

[Risso]

You can’t be offside in your own half though.

[DeKuip]

Phew. 
Kane looked offside for his pen. 

I thought that, he looked off to me.

All penalties look offside.. they’d have to be retaken if they didn’t!

[LeeB]

The officiating was ridiculous today, they really need to scrap the professional refs association and start again.

[DeKuip]

You can’t be offside in your own half though.

I know, but if he’s come back into his own half from an offside position the free kick is always taken from where he touches the ball (not where he came from).

[LukeJames]

What's the record for one player being off side during a game? I'm guessing whatever it is that JPA owns it but my god, Son must have ran him close today.

[Risso]

You can’t be offside in your own half though.

I know, but if he’s come back into his own half from an offside position the free kick is always taken from where he touches the ball (not where he came from).

That’s not what happened though.