Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa Post match interaction

[olaftab]

Still cant believe arteta thinks they should have been r or 5 up at half time. Is he on drugs?

They did have 4 or 5 really good chances in the first half that on another day all would have ended up in the net. Havertz, Jesus, Saka x2, and whoever it was Martinez made that save from.

Honestly NO. They did not have 4/5 really good chances. They had 1 good chance (Emi save) and 3/4 run of the mill chances, routine in about 45 mins of football.

[amfy]

This performance was so good that the match thread had a completely measured tone throughout, until we scored and then it was a bit mental for all the right reasons.

[Demitri_C]

Still cant believe arteta thinks they should have been r or 5 up at half time. Is he on drugs?

They did have 4 or 5 really good chances in the first half that on another day all would have ended up in the net. Havertz, Jesus, Saka x2, and whoever it was Martinez made that save from.

Im sure i read they only had one shot on target first half?

[Villatillidie25]

If those Arsenal TV guys were such good fans why aren’t they at the stadium?!

They were. They’d just left early with the rest of them 🤣

[Bully2345]

Still dont understand why arteta had ESR on ollie on that counter attack. Made no sense 😂

Same reason we often have Diaby as one of the covering players from attacking corners. The non-aeriel threat quicker players do the chasing back.

[mrfuse]

I'n not going to lie because the camera was focused on Tielemans I thought Ollie's goal was offside.

There I was with the rest of my Villa supporting family shouting  "That's it Ollie pretend you didn't know you were offside and waste a little more time".

Even as Ollie was celebrating i'm still saying what a shame that was a great finish. So because of me there was silence....until the replay!

[Somniloquism]

Still cant believe arteta thinks they should have been r or 5 up at half time. Is he on drugs?

They did have 4 or 5 really good chances in the first half that on another day all would have ended up in the net. Havertz, Jesus, Saka x2, and whoever it was Martinez made that save from.

Im sure i read they only had one shot on target first half?

Second half. First half they had three in the first but only one was a save most keepers wouldn't have made.

[rob_bridge]

I'n not going to lie because the camera was focused on Tielemans I thought Ollie's goal was offside.

There I was with the rest of my Villa supporting family shouting  "That's it Ollie pretend you didn't know you were offside and waste a little more time".

Even as Ollie was celebrating i'm still saying what a shame that was a great finish. So because of me there was silence....until the replay!

I didn't celebrate either until the replay showed his run from our half. I thought he may have been off.

[Risso]

Still dont understand why arteta had ESR on ollie on that counter attack. Made no sense 😂

I'd be so pissed off with him if I was an Arsenal fan. He had more or less half the length of the pitch to put a foot in or otherwise somehow put Ollie of his stride, but didn't get anywhere near him. Even taking one for the team and getting sent off would probably have been better for them by the final whistle.

[rob_bridge]

Still dont understand why arteta had ESR on ollie on that counter attack. Made no sense 😂

I'd be so pissed off with him if I was an Arsenal fan. He had more or less half the length of the pitch to put a foot in or otherwise somehow put Ollie of his stride, but didn't get anywhere near him. Even taking one for the team and getting sent off would probably have been better for them by the final whistle.

Yep absolute lightweight of an effort - no football brain at all.

[Dr Butler]

I'n not going to lie because the camera was focused on Tielemans I thought Ollie's goal was offside.

There I was with the rest of my Villa supporting family shouting  "That's it Ollie pretend you didn't know you were offside and waste a little more time".

Even as Ollie was celebrating i'm still saying what a shame that was a great finish. So because of me there was silence....until the replay!

I didn't celebrate either until the replay showed his run from our half. I thought he may have been off.

same for me, I thought he was offside too

a great run, well timed and what a finish

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[Dave]

Still dont understand why arteta had ESR on ollie on that counter attack. Made no sense 😂

I'd be so pissed off with him if I was an Arsenal fan. He had more or less half the length of the pitch to put a foot in or otherwise somehow put Ollie of his stride, but didn't get anywhere near him. Even taking one for the team and getting sent off would probably have been better for them by the final whistle.

I'd not really considered him all that quick anyway. Obviously he's a professional footballer in his early 20s, so he's not going to be slow, but not the sort who is going to catch Watkins or Bailey if they break.

[mrfuse]

Still cant believe arteta thinks they should have been r or 5 up at half time. Is he on drugs?

They did have 4 or 5 really good chances in the first half that on another day all would have ended up in the net. Havertz, Jesus, Saka x2, and whoever it was Martinez made that save from.

Im sure i read they only had one shot on target first half?

Second half. First half they had three in the first but only one was a save most keepers wouldn't have made.

4 or 5 really good chances? I would say half chances and that's being generous.

They had 1 great chance which as Dave Woodhall would say was a routine save for Martinez.

[Rigadon]

I just wanted us to go there and look like a top 4 side.  I obviously wanted a result too, but that was my main ask of the team before the game.  My goodness, did they do that!  No smash a grab going on, and Arteta is speaking utter bollocks with all of the "4 or 5 up" nonsense.   The way we controlled the 2nd half was quite breathtaking.  Absolutely amazing performance.

It should be the kind of result that puts the wind back in our sails for what is gearing up to be a famous end to a brilliant season.

[caster troy]

https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1779788249659068472

Every time I watch this I see something new, look at Digne's celebration, look at Pau's celebration (and Ollie picking him up), look at Rogers who has only been here 5 minutes. What a team.