Aston Villa v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[Somniloquism]

Raul was there today.

[AV82EC]

Ooh what’s he up to these days?

[astonvilla82]

The brother and my son were just leaving their seats in the lower holte and got halfway down when we scored, glory hunter b*stards

[Dave]

Random little shout out, Sancho's header back (for which he's received a bundle of praise) keeps the thing alive, but the whole move starts with a good header from Lindelof to keep possession when he could have easily just put it out of play.

[LeeB]

Random little shout out, Sancho's header back (for which he's received a bundle of praise) keeps the thing alive, but the whole move starts with a good header from Lindelof to keep possession when he could have easily just put it out of play.

Every sub that came added something and was sharp and at it from the off, the same the other night.

[tomd2103]

Random little shout out, Sancho's header back (for which he's received a bundle of praise) keeps the thing alive, but the whole move starts with a good header from Lindelof to keep possession when he could have easily just put it out of play.

Every sub that came added something and was sharp and at it from the off, the same the other night.

Think it's been noticeable in quite a few games over the past few months that the performance level has gone up when we've started making subs. 

[andyh]

I wasn’t really watching the arsenal players close enough to determine which of them were having good games, I was too engrossed in our lot.

That said, Rice is one of the few players in the league who would improve our midfield, I think he’s a brilliant player.

I’m still trying to think of a way to describe the contribution of Tielemans and Kamara though.

If Tielemans is a Rolls Royce, Kamara is an Aston Martin.

They are up there with the best midfield pairings in the country.

[FrankyH]

I wasn’t really watching the arsenal players close enough to determine which of them were having good games, I was too engrossed in our lot.

That said, Rice is one of the few players in the league who would improve our midfield, I think he’s a brilliant player.

He played very deep today, under instructions I would have thought . But yes a great player.

[alan_clarke]

Remember a few years ago when we used to see top of the table clashes between Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man city when they were all at different times going for the league and playing each other at different times during the season
and we used to say they are playing a different game to us on a completely different level

Well were one of those teams now

Yes, I’ve described today’s game to a couple of people who didn’t see it as being like watching Federer vs Nadal. We beat them,  not on an off day, but by going toe-to-toe with them!

[FrankyH]

https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1997312005384896756 posted by someone on this parish earlier. Emi looks like Tony Morley looking for Ron Saunders after he scored a great goal ! I think he was probably looking for his family .

[paul_e]

I wasn’t really watching the arsenal players close enough to determine which of them were having good games, I was too engrossed in our lot.

That said, Rice is one of the few players in the league who would improve our midfield, I think he’s a brilliant player.

I’m still trying to think of a way to describe the contribution of Tielemans and Kamara though.

If Tielemans is a Rolls Royce, Kamara is an Aston Martin.

They are up there with the best midfield pairings in the country.

and Onana complements them by being a Ferrari, not the same but brings a raw power that those 2 just don't have.

i've been telling people for a while that those 3, along with McGinn is about the best set of midfielders in the country right now. Other teams might look better on paper but as a group they all just work. and then the likes of Bogarde, Barkley, Buendia and Rogers all fit in as cover or around them and keep us at thge same level. Our midfield is incredible right now.

[ROBBO]

It was a club building win, every Villa player on that pitch will get a confidence boost knowing we can take on the best and beat them. What suprised me most were the subs, every player that came on played his part, so much so that Arsenal were holding on for a draw for the last ten minutes. We wilted at the start of the second half and i thought the worst after they scored but this is a better Villa and we finished much the stronger. The only disappointment for me was how Ollie time and again in the second half failed to control the out ball putting the midfield under pressure, was not suprised to see him benched early. Brilliant day all round.

[paul_e]

It was a club building win, every Villa player on that pitch will get a confidence boost knowing we can take on the best and beat them. What suprised me most were the subs, every player that came on played his part, so much so that Arsenal were holding on for a draw for the last ten minutes. We wilted at the start of the second half and i thought the worst after they scored but this is a better Villa and we finished much the stronger. The only disappointment for me was how Ollie time and again in the second half failed to control the out ball putting the midfield under pressure, was not suprised to see him benched early. Brilliant day all round.

Arsenal had that spell at the start of the 2nd half by going absolutely full pelt at it in the hope they could grab a couple and then see it out. They paid for it at the end with 2-3 of them looking out on their feet when most of our lot looked like they were getting stronger.

[PeterWithesShin]

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa commentator gets excited

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MEDph8wUYj4