Aston Villa v Liverpool Post-Match Thread

[Chip Butty 111]

We have so many injuries, players playing out of position and several new faces, and yet we were inches away from winning at the death. If we could just get a regular set of faces in defence we might yet get 5th

[brontebilly]

'The Mighty Reds YNWA' fans going berzerk with nunez missing open goal and smiling afterwards.

Hilarious

That was an appalling effort but the defending there from Mings was pub league level. So many times tonight our defending was rotten, not just the back 4 either. Little or no pressure on the ball in dangerous areas, full backs left isolated.

Bad night for Slot taking off Jota and TAA.

[RichardBatchelor]

'The Mighty Reds YNWA' fans going berzerk with nunez missing open goal and smiling afterwards.

Hilarious

That was an appalling effort but the defending there from Mings was pub league level. So many times tonight our defending was rotten, not just the back 4 either. Little or no pressure on the ball in dangerous areas, full backs left isolated.

Bad night for Slot taking off Jota and TAA.

Disasi also did well on that. Nunes should have scored anyway but he was definitely put off.

[Pete3206]

A lot of half and half scarves in The Witton Upper tonight, with red halves very prominent. Down with that sort of thing.

[Goldenballs]

Aston Villa have won 15 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (17) and Liverpool (16) have recovered more.

[Paul.S]

With 6 or so injured I thought we were excellent.
The usual calamity at the back but we responded well and showed some real fight. Can’t knock any of them even if the ref was letting them take free kicks and throw ins from wherever they wanted.

UTV

[AGRIPPA]

Much better team after the changes, Rogers far more involved at 10. Malen was dangerous, Ramsey and Cash were excellent. McGinn and Tielemans after a horror start did very well. We battled very well against a superior opponent and inches away from winning it...

But we were a complete mess at the back. Kick outs from the back causing us problems even. I think the folly of bringing in both Asensio and Rashford was exposed, both nowhere near fully fit. Rashford was a joke for their second with his abysmal effort tracking TAA. Putting them both in made a mess of the balance of the team, Rogers on right doesn't work. Our best athlete in our front 6 apart from Watkins was McGinn, love McGinn but that's ridiculous.

Martinez 7 - couple of unbelievable saves but shaky at set pieces
Garcia 5 - awful mistake punished for opener. Spoiled a decent first half from him
Disasi 4 - not sure about this lad at all, Mings seemed to be doing a lot of covering at front post
Mings 4 - more evidence sadly that he's done at this level. That mistake at end was surreal, ball like a 50p piece at his feet
Digne 6 - great assist and battled as best he could v Salah
McGinn 7 - awful start losing ball twice in first 5 mins, showed great leadership afterwards I thought
Tielemans 7 - anonymous early on too but brave in possession I thought
Rogers 6 - awful on right and fortunate not replaced but transformed back in his best spot
Rashford 4 - some nice moments in first half but bad habits reappeared early in second
Asensio 4 - Coutinho vibes, lovely touches but stamina non existent
Watkins 7 - outstanding goal, battled hard with limited support at times

Like the look of Malen, Cash and Ramsey made a huge difference, Maatsen needs a summer in gym

Not sure I watched the same game as you….

[ChicagoLion]

Much better team after the changes, Rogers far more involved at 10. Malen was dangerous, Ramsey and Cash were excellent. McGinn and Tielemans after a horror start did very well. We battled very well against a superior opponent and inches away from winning it...

But we were a complete mess at the back. Kick outs from the back causing us problems even. I think the folly of bringing in both Asensio and Rashford was exposed, both nowhere near fully fit. Rashford was a joke for their second with his abysmal effort tracking TAA. Putting them both in made a mess of the balance of the team, Rogers on right doesn't work. Our best athlete in our front 6 apart from Watkins was McGinn, love McGinn but that's ridiculous.

Martinez 7 - couple of unbelievable saves but shaky at set pieces
Garcia 5 - awful mistake punished for opener. Spoiled a decent first half from him
Disasi 4 - not sure about this lad at all, Mings seemed to be doing a lot of covering at front post
Mings 4 - more evidence sadly that he's done at this level. That mistake at end was surreal, ball like a 50p piece at his feet
Digne 6 - great assist and battled as best he could v Salah
McGinn 7 - awful start losing ball twice in first 5 mins, showed great leadership afterwards I thought
Tielemans 7 - anonymous early on too but brave in possession I thought
Rogers 6 - awful on right and fortunate not replaced but transformed back in his best spot
Rashford 4 - some nice moments in first half but bad habits reappeared early in second
Asensio 4 - Coutinho vibes, lovely touches but stamina non existent
Watkins 7 - outstanding goal, battled hard with limited support at times

Like the look of Malen, Cash and Ramsey made a huge difference, Maatsen needs a summer in gym

It is funny what games we see but I thought Disasi was very good tonight !

Disasi looked superb to me but maybe you have more off the ball insight? On it he was certainly very good and made a couple of saving tackles.

No way is Disasi 4, nuts.

[Steve67]

Aston Villa have won 15 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (17) and Liverpool (16) have recovered more.

Erm, we were 2-1 up?

[Clampy]

Should have won that really.In hindsight, maybe starting Ramsey instead of Asensio would have been better. I thought Malen looked great when came on but apart from some very sloppy passing, we deserved the point.

[Olneythelonely]

Aston Villa have won 15 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (17) and Liverpool (16) have recovered more.

Erm, we were 2-1 up?

We were also 1-0 down

[Goldenballs]

I can see Mings getting a 4, they could have had a couple purely from him.

I'd give Disasi 8.

[Steve67]

Aston Villa have won 15 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (17) and Liverpool (16) have recovered more.

Erm, we were 2-1 up?

We were also 1-0 down

I guess it's a glass half full/empty debate!

[Somniloquism]

Aston Villa have won 15 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City (17) and Liverpool (16) have recovered more.

Erm, we were 2-1 up?

We were also 1-0 down. So the stat will be gained a point from a losing position but dropped 2 from a winning position.

[Sexual Ealing]

Some posters are forgetting that bronte, after Rudolf Nureyev appeared at the Bescot for a charity ballet-off with Gary Newbon rated his performance worthy of a 2/10. "His port de bras is a disgrace, and if Niklaus Helenius had turned in a pas de deux like that he'd have been hounded out of dodge. The lad's a myth." He said at the time.

Newbon got a 7.