PSG v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[steamer]

I want us to go out with no pressure and all to gain. If we lose then so be it. I just don’t us losing not trying to win. Liverpool not too long ago battered Barcelona 4-0 having lost the first leg 3-0. We have to go out and play with the same attitude and intensity. And if we come up short it won’t be with any regrets.

100% my take on it

[AV84]

Someone said before the game that this would be a real test of where we are and how far we still have to go, and unfortunately we're still a way off.

2-1 would have been a much better score to take to the second leg, obviously, but anything is possible. We'd need to play like we did against Bayern to even stand a chance though.

[IFWaters]

They lost away to Arsenal 2-0 , away to Bayern 1-0 and at home to A Madrid 2-1, so it's not over.

Emery will have a plan but every player will need to give everything and the crowd too.

[Hookeysmith]

They were equally as good as, if not better than, the Juventus side we played in 1983

I was about to write. I said to my mate the last team I saw this good was at this stage 42 years ago juventus but without the Galacticos.

You can always analyse every action and every goal. In this case they were just terrific. Fair play our boys must be shattered chasing them around all night.

Not over yet.

Another note..thier support was non stop from start 5o finish.  Fair play to them

[Olneythelonely]

Someone said before the game that this would be a real test of where we are and how far we still have to go, and unfortunately we're still a way off.

2-1 would have been a much better score to take to the second leg, obviously, but anything is possible. We'd need to play like we did against Bayern to even stand a chance though.

Did anyone really think we weren’t a way off the best team in the world?

[Small Rodent]

Third goal killed the tie and honestly I can't be angry about it. PSG look the real deal and it's a credit that we hung in there for as long and as well as we did.

Having to play a second leg is going to be really tough and I just hope it doesn't ruin our league and FA cup campaigns

This

What on earth does this mean?

We had to play a second leg anyway!

[Garyth]

Kvaratskhelia Is a peach of a footballer. 😍😍😍

You could at least spell his name right.

Sorry,  კვარაცხელია

[Villafirst]

The first goal next week is vital. If Villa score early it's 2-3 and it really is game on! Obviously if PSG score first, it's over.

[RamboandBruno]

I think the most disappointing part is when we had the ball we played beneath ourselves a lot of the time. I get that pressure and their press makes it hard but we are better than we showed on the ball. If there is to be any chance we have to be so much better when we have the ball in the next game.

I thinks that a bit harsh, they just pressed us really well everywhere, which made any ball retention anywhere on the pitch really difficult. Difficult to see how we overcome this next week, without going at them, which leaves us exposed to the counter.

But if we get a goal in the first 15/20, Villa Park will be rocking and you really never know. It feels over but its not done yet.

[Hookeysmith]

3 world class goals as well.

And ours was pretty good also.

[Mellin]

I admire all this, let’s get the first goal at VP stuff, I really do. But we ain’t beating this side next week. They were very, very good. And were just as good against Liverpool twice. I am proud of our performance though. Well done boys.

The point is teams are very, very good until the weight of history makes them very, very bad.

Football is a strange game, as is the mind. If we score first momentum, in all likelihood, will flip entirely. How many ridiculous Champions League comebacks have we seen? Liverpool - AC Milan? Who had the better team...by a fucking mile. What did one goal do to Cafu, Stam, Nesta and Maldini? Liverpool - Barcelona. Fucking Shaqiri and that Belgian striker I can't even remember the name of starting. Ajax 4-1 at the Bernabeu. Lucas Moura. Fucking La Remontada, anyone? And that's just off the top of my head.

It's two goals. We're at home. Score first. See how they react.

[Nev]

I shall dish out plaudits to PSG after next Tuesday, the tie still has a way to go, could be even more in their favour but until we actually see that let's concentrate on our own lot. I'm sure the Manager will be thinking along those lines, there is no other way to approach it.

[OzVilla]

They’re a good side, yes but fuck me some of the comments on here. 2-1 would’ve even better but 3-1 isn’t a tie killer.

Yes we’ll need to play well and win but we would’ve had to anyway. And we know on our day what we are capable of. 3-1 almost feels like a free hit in some way.

We are playing the very best in Europe, enjoy the ride and if we go out let’s go out having a crack.

[Broadlee]

All I will say is remember - 1994 Tranmere 3 Aston Villa 1 we were given no chance 😉

[PaulTheVillan]

All I will say is remember - 1994 Tranmere 3 Aston Villa 1 we were given no chance 😉

We also have a bat shit goal keeper this time around.