Manchester City vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[andyh]

2 right backs in the match squad and he puts a CH out there for the last 20 mins.
Why?

[SoccerHQ]

Horribly reminiscent of PSG away.

We were asking for that all second half.

Right back has been a weakness all season and Disasi even worse than Cash or Konsa. Worrying given Palace’s width!

Eze will be coming inside from the left, it's the right that will be an issue with Sarr + Munoz. It will surely be Maatsen and SJM as combination for that side although Ramsey wasn't too bad again.

[BC Villain]

Top 5 gone i think now.  Ludicrous given how poor we are in defence that Emery decides to be clever and try and nick a point.  Even if we win every game now it almost certainly won't be enough.  Dreadful mentality from manager to players tonight.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd rather have NRC at RB than Disasi. And he's 41 next month.

[rougegorge]

11 goals conceded in the 90th+ minute this season isn’t good enough by far.

Is that a genuine stat? That seems facking awful if true. Off the top of my head I can only really remember Bournemouth and tonight.

Forest away was another that cost us.

[Beard82]

11 goals conceded in the 90th+ minute this season isn’t good enough by far.

Is that a genuine stat? That seems facking awful if true. Off the top of my head I can only really remember Bournemouth and tonight.

Thats sounds right - on Sky they said only Southampton have let in more.  I can think of Forest, PSG, Bournemouth(?) off the top of my head.

[Mellin]

8 in the league. PSG is another. Probably two more elsewhere, so sounds about right

[Villa Lew]

Gutted looked like it was gonna be a precious point, but in the end that display didn't deserve anything. THe Sky stat showing us having the worse record, after Southampton, of conceding goals in stoppage time, from what I can recall most of those goals came in the first half of the season, in fact today maybe the first one we have conceded this year.

[Dr_Fegg]

saw the team and thought that looks defensive. then 2 in front of a narrow back 4, did he want to win the game?
And as everyone has said, too much respect for an average team but more worrying was the lack of desire from Unai, like he was playing for a point. We needed 3 they didn’t but we made it so easy for them.
CL gone and i now worry about Saturday

[ChicagoLion]

Another one down to Emery.

[Beard82]

In the summer - we really need to get a quality right back - it costs us.  Cash has been good recently but never plays 90 mins (often becaause hes booked within the first 20 mins).

I dont understand why he but Axl out there when we had Garcia and Konsa who are far better right backs. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Man City at home was a late one.

[Percy McCarthy]

Both games against PSG and tonight we picked our worst CB partnership. I know players have to be rotated but from now on hopefully Mings can play all the games. Obviously, with Konsa at CB we also lose the RB who defensively is head and shoulders above every other option we have. If we HAD to bring Disasi on, he should have gone in the middle.

Also felt we played with a bit of an inferiority complex. I thought /hoped we’d run the legs off their aging midfield but we didn’t force them back enough or make them cover lots of ground.

[The Edge]

Man city was there, for the taking...   but we respected a team who are not as good as PSG or Newcastle....    very odd.

Could the fact that we had those two mighty difficult games before we played City have had an effect? Exactly a week ago they put absolutely everything into playing the best in Europe. A few days ago they bust a gut to beat Newcastle. Playing city tonight on an absolute graveyard of a ground for us was just a step too far.

[Paul.S]

Top 5 gone i think now.  Ludicrous given how poor we are in defence that Emery decides to be clever and try and nick a point.  Even if we win every game now it almost certainly won't be enough.  Dreadful mentality from manager to players tonight.

If we win all 4 we will get 5th. It’s definitely doable and maybe having to go out and win suits us. Why anyone would give up now is beyond me.