Aston Villa v Liverpool - Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Bailey has done better. We’ll lose this 2 or 3 - 0 I suspect. McGinn has already sold himself to allow counters.

[Mellin]

Sound the Jhlaxon.

[PaulWinch again]

But we have been much better.

[CT Villan]

We are still somehow in the game despite Watkins and Rodgers being woeful (again). JJ looked to be our biggest threat and now he's off injured. Bailey has improved and is a vital outlet for us. Other than their counter-attack, Liverpool are very ordinary.

[Monty]

One down, feels like about twenty for all the prospect there is of us getting back into the game. Eleven against eleven, feels like we've had three sent off (and one should've been). Our corners are attacks for them.

There's just so much space in the middle, we can't keep playing this open 4-4-2, at the very least in these sorts of games. Maybe now McGinn is on it can be balanced out a bit, but man. Far, far too open.

[ROBBO]

Rogers has to come off his last few games have been poor. JJ our best player gets injured which is typical, overall a better performance but need to stop giving the ball away cheaply.

[Astnor]

We did match them most of the half. Rogers looks unwell and half a player. Watkins being Watkins. Bailey a disgrace for their goal. Ramsey our best attacking player by along distance and then we loose him to injury. Central midfield and back five did fine IMO bur worrying signs last five minutes when we did start look a bit loosing belief and organisation so  I m bit worried second half can be in direction of two last second half we have had.

[Demitri_C]

If durans coming on it HAS to be for ollie not to play with him

Ollie and rogers been poor

[villadelph]

Need a midfielder to bust a gut into the box.Can't see us scoring otherwise

if mcginn can turn on the ball and drive forward like JJ was, we should get a few chances. We cannot have Rogers giving the ball away and SJM planting his feet shielding the ball putting the hand brake on our transition.

[steamer]

Fucking abut at the back is going to cost us.
This new routine with Martinez and the Defenders invites mistakes.
Tielmans booking came from a crap out ball giving them a throw when we were in no danger, he got caught out and committed the foul
Should have been a penalty
Keep at it and we might sneak something
Keep giving them the ball and we will be fucked

[paul_e]

Improvement from last few games  but i just do not understand why for the life of me we only left bailey back at such a early stage of the game? We do that if you are going for a short corner too? Dont make much sense to me. Unai made a big mistake there

We didn't leave Bailey back he was on the edge of the box when we lost possession. He is always there for corners. The problem is that we normally leave 1 or 2 of the fullbacks deep but this time we let Konsa go into the box, Digne took the corner so we had everyone in the final 3rd and Liverpool have the quickest front line in the league and caught us out.

[andyh]

I don’t think Bailey was a disgrace for their goal.
I thought he covered well, was up with salah in a footrace and got into enough of a tangle with salah to take him out.
There was no one else backing him up and picking up the runner, and Martinez was in no man’s land.

[Villa Lew]

Shocking goal to concede but a much better performance, if Ollie had been at his best we might well be leading now. Playing out from the back, we have looked good, played some quality stuff and at a fast pace. Desperately sorry JJ, he looked back to his best, hopefully not serious.

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t think Bailey was a disgrace for their goal.
I thought he covered well, was up with salah in a footrace and got into enough of a tangle with salah to take him out.
There was no one else backing him up and picking up the runner, and Martinez was in no man’s land.

No it’s not on Bailey it’s on how we set up as a team

[Exeter 77]

I didn't notice at the time but after the Kounate challenge on Ollie for the potential penalty he handles the ball.