Aston Villa 3-3 Liverpool Post Match breather

[Somniloquism]

I don't mind 'Good luck Citeh from the Shires around Birmingham' but I draw the line at Blue Moon..Tsk!

I'll have the butler dye the moat blue.

This one?

[Nev]

I wanted a performance and got it. In terms of what we've achieved this season it was a great end, and could've been better.
The crowd were great and SJM was immense.
And the lap of appreciation was not the flop I imagined.

UP.THE.FUCKING.VILLA

[Brazilian Villain]

I wanted a performance and got it. In terms of what we've achieved this season it was a great end, and could've been better.
The crowd were great and SJM was immense.
And the lap of appreciation was not the flop I imagined.

UP.THE.FUCKING.VILLA

Hopefully that made up for the inconvenience of it being on a Monday night. 👍

[Proposition Joe]

If there were any justice that was a 7-4 to us at least or at worst. Jhon Duran is a lucky charm. And poor Ollie, the Diego Carlos WTF followed by the Diaby not calling Leon to not touch that ball denying him his 20 (assuming Diaby would have managed to find him).

[KevinGage]

There’s obviously players out there carrying injuries and playing through the pain barrier…and there’s player who may not be injured but absolutely dead on their feet running through treacle. I noticed SJM getting handed some kind of tablet (presumably pain killer) when he went to the touch line after going down holding his ribs, so it begs the question how many of them are being managed and/or taking injections/meds to get them through these last few games. Also what it does show is determination and great team spirit led by SJM…they are a collective throughout this regardless of whether we win, lose or draw.

There's the obvious walking wounded, Emi, Torres, Tielemans, Bailey, Olney.

Then the likes of Watkins and McGinn playing with knocks.

Before we even get to the ones under the radar.

[AV84]

I'm not posting this in a negative way, but..... the way we seem incapable of playing a full 90 minutes to the best of our ability is incredibly frustrating. It happened at the start of the season too, and I'll allow for the injuries and fatigue at this point of the season, but at various different times throughout it feels like the whole team just collectively switches off and we're nearly always punished for it.

Anyway..... it's a learning curve, and we've come such a long way in such a short time that I'm sure we'll cut that out of our play soon enough.

[brontebilly]

The Bailey Watkins squabble was intriguing, i guess it shows how intense they were all feeling

Was very weird.

I got the impression from their body language that Ollie said something along the lines of "you should have left it for the deeper run of Diaby" and Leon - quite rightly - took umbrage.

I like that he's got a bit of fire about him.  I've never really seen him as that sort of player, but he's really stepped up this season and is clearly quite vocal.

Watkins messed up a tap in for Luiz a few minutes later. We did some daft things tonight in both boxes, it was a crazy game.

[Nev]

I wanted a performance and got it. In terms of what we've achieved this season it was a great end, and could've been better.
The crowd were great and SJM was immense.
And the lap of appreciation was not the flop I imagined.

UP.THE.FUCKING.VILLA

Hopefully that made up for the inconvenience of it being on a Monday night. 👍

Not quite. Should be upside down I the pub now, rather then hunkering down for work tomorrow ....

[Clampy]

Where to start with that? Stupendous game really. I thought we were fantastic for most of it and a defeat would have been harsh. Zaniolney going off was a blessing in disguise, Duran was immense whne he came on. Even Klipperty said the place was rocking and I'm sure Mr Hanks enjoyed it.

Come on the Mancs. Over to you.

[rougegorge]

Much of that breathless game encapsulated our season; so exciting going forward, some tremendous play, but with the occasional howler and frailties when defending set pieces.

We deserved to win and would have, if it hadn't been for Alisson, or the earlier profligacy in front of goal.

The comeback made for a great end to the home season and a great reception at the end for the players and their families. Diaby's young son looked like a future player in the making!

[KevinGage]

Considering how knackered they must all be that was one hell of a shift. Bailey was sensational bearing in mind he was strapped up and playing through the pain barrier.

I love Leon Bailey, he so clearly wanted this tonight despite playing injured.

Bailey has been unbelievable this season, and that's no exaggeration.

I could have picked half a dozen players for player of the season but went with him, and I'm glad I did as since then I've watched him limp through the pain barrier in the last week heroically, and then turn in a performance like that.

In the words of the great man, "what a player".

Warrior.

[Nev]

Bit unimpressed with Hanks, never came into the Troc and bought everyone a pint.

Amateur.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

How the fuck did Luis Diaz not get booked the fouling little toe rag?!

[VillaTim]

How good was Tielemans tonight . Levels in this game .

[Percy McCarthy]

Sometimes the score don’t matter. It’s more important that you just love your team.