Aston Villa v Liverpool Post-Match Thread

[Percy McCarthy]

I stopped taking brontebilly seriously when he started saying that the more goals a defence concedes, the better it is.

[Somniloquism]

I thought Emery was booked. Can't see confirmation anywhere, though.

Commentary I had said our flaxen-haired set piece coach got the yellow card.

BBC said Slot.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Saw a comment on social media, "There is no footballer more lethal in front of goal than a marginally offside Villa player".

I said something similar to my mate for Ramsey’ one.

[brontebilly]

I stopped taking brontebilly seriously when he started saying that the more goals a defence concedes, the better it is.

Still missing Diego, petal?

[London Villan]

What was the atmosphere like? We watched it in a pub with no sound, so couldn’t really tell. Pity it wasn’t sold out though.

[Mister E]

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

Agree with most of that: I think Mings (after a very dodgy start) and Disasi deserve more.
Rashford's passing was very wayward for most of the game, but him being there drew the opposition defence.
Rogers needs some time off and to learn when to pass.

[chipper]

Yes the ref gave them some marginal calls but he missed mcginns handball for our goal. We be moaning if that happened us

[Nev]

What was the atmosphere like? We watched it in a pub with no sound, so couldn’t really tell. Pity it wasn’t sold out though.

I thought it was good, guttural at times but that was in response to the effort and desire of the team. The perception that you're playing against 12 men engenders the feeling of injustice which also boosts the volume. Not much from them apart from when they scored.

[Somniloquism]

Looking back, their second goal had three pieces of luck. The pullback on Ollie right at the start, Digne sliding in and getting a chunk of the ball but it bouncing back to Salah's path instead of going away from him, and then the deflection when it was either going wide or being saved.

[ROBBO]

With Rogers effort towards the end he had a Villa played inside him with an open goal waiting.
He is still rough around the edges.

[Chris Smith]

What was the atmosphere like? We watched it in a pub with no sound, so couldn’t really tell. Pity it wasn’t sold out though.

Atmosphere was good. I think not being a sell out can be put down to the late switch of date right into the middle of a run of successive home games.

[Richard]

With Rogers effort towards the end he had a Villa played inside him with an open goal waiting.
He is still rough around the edges.

Agreed. Similar to the Spurs cup game when he shot after the move with Asensio instead of squaring to an unmarked Rashford. He's young though, got huge potential.

[N'ZMAV]

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

Lay off the booze

[N'ZMAV]

Yes the ref gave them some marginal calls but he missed mcginns handball for our goal. We be moaning if that happened us

I was worried that was going to get the goal ruled out.

[Somniloquism]

With Rogers effort towards the end he had a Villa played inside him with an open goal waiting.
He is still rough around the edges.

Tielemans was the most open player (almost on the edge of the area) and his shot would have needed to miss Van Djik and Disasi who were in front of him, and Allison who was still in his goal mouth. Bogarde was also open just behind him but he also would have had a tough shot. Should have done better still.