Leicester v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Bad English]

I'm happy with 1-2 away, although I really would have preferred 0-3. I hope the injuries to Bailey and Onana are not serious. Looking forward to Ollie finishing the Euros, proposing to his missus, and starting his pre-season training. I hope I haven't spelt anyone's name wrong in this post and if there are any typos I will have seen them and edited them without giving the forum software a chance to mark my post as edited.

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/football/leicester-vs-a-villa/report/505832

[taylorsworkrate]

So it looks like it could be:

Bailey Onana Konsa injured.

Just Bailey will be doubtful after the break

[Chip Butty 111]

2 aways, 2 wins and unfortunate against Arsenal. Ollie miles off it atm but goals from elsewhere is what good teams do. With some of the typo's in the match thread , it's a good job Nigel Spink doesn't play for us anymore!

[VillaTim]

Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.

I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .

The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post

No it wasn't

[Holte132]

Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.

I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .

The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post

No it wasn't

Just checked. You are right. Not sure how I got that wrong. Sorry

[Bad English]

58 seconds.

[rougegorge]

I thought we were comfortable at 2 up, but we don't seem to keep a clean sheet even when the opponent doesn't look like scoring. Overall we deserved to win.

Missed Watkins's first chance due to the queues outside but he was ineffective again. Rogers was snuffed out today, but Digne and Ramsey were good down the left.

We picked up too many cards which inhibited the play and I think Onana's was probably correct but then the referee got card happy thereafter.

[Somniloquism]

Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.

I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .

The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post

No it wasn't

Just checked. You are right. Not sure how I got that wrong. Sorry

It was 5 seconds after wanting Value Added Tax to be changed to Video Assistant Referee.

[olaftab]

From the BBC:
Duran strikes again – but Watkins’ wait goes on
The victory was Villa’s 16th away in the Premier League under Emery – only Arsenal and Manchester City have won more games on the road since the Spaniard’s appointment – and the ideal response to last weekend’s defeat by the Gunners.

Though not at their free-flowing best, Villa should have been further ahead at the interval after Watkins twice failed to get the better of Hermansen when one-on-one with the Leicester goalkeeper.

The England international was played through by Tielemans after just three minutes but Hermansen managed to claw the ball away at the feet of the striker, who was denied by another sprawling save midway through the first half.

Watkins has now gone seven top-flight appearances without a goal, his longest barren run since an eight-game run between August and October 2022 just prior to Emery’s arrival.

Duran, by contrast, has hit the ground running this season, doubling his personal tally for the campaign just two minutes after replacing the England man.

The Colombia international was heavily linked with a move to West Ham in the summer but after scoring Villa’s second in their 2-1 opening-day victory over the Hammers, he struck again at King Power Stadium to double his team’s lead - just as Leicester were beginning to threaten.

[SaddVillan]

16th away win since The Sultan took over

Only Arse and Citeh have more in the same period.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Three points is essential and even in the final few minutes I wasn't concerned. Horrible team due to their excessive physicality and some poor refereeing, letting far too much go so it became a bit of a free for all.

Quality goals but we really needed somebody to take a grip of the game, McGinn did it countless times last season but today he got himself too involved with arguing with the ref to take a step back and bring some order to our play. Onana is a battler and lacks the maturity and skill to really decide the pace of the game. Barkley managed when he first came on and suddenly we were back to being a top footballing side. That type of experience will be so useful in Europe. Hopefully he's still got more to bring to the party as we need somebody to take ownership and we're so much better when we do.

Superb header from Duran, a proper old school centre forward's goal. Watkins is in his feast or famine mode but with better service it won't be long before he's feasting again. Neither he or Bailey have had a great start to the season, at least in an attacking sense. It will come once we get the midfield more settled.

[Clampy]

Good win. A bit like West Ham, I thought the midfield took a while to click. Should have made it a bit more convincing though. McGinn and Onana were great.

[jon collett]

Very enjoyable game! Thanks Risso!

We played more as counter attacking team than the possession side of last season. Can’t see this changing with Ramsay, Rogers and Onana.

Villa Form Rate: Good
Man of the Match: Tielemans (

[Demitri_C]

Bogarde struggled 2nd half but you know what it wasnt the worst performance we seen. Had to play out of position away from home and without bailey.

The experience will help him massively.