Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Man City

[Yorke81]

Really solid performance, wish Carney had buried that chance!!

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Just now, Spoony said:

Dougie MOTM. Truly immense.

Repeating what I said in the match thread: This second half performance has been unbelievable and I’m a very very happy man against impossible opposition. We have totally transformed. We would have been obliterated at half time during any other period from the past 10 years. 

Purposely pissing on chips here.

No coincidence he looks better further FORWARD and influencing attacks?

I've always said it.

[Wurzel]

If I never have to hear Tildsley and Townsend commentate again it will be too soon. Pair of arseholes.

[Mantis]

As far as defeats go that's about as good as it gets. Made a real game of it and will probably come away with even higher confidence.

[villalad21]

Impressive display. 

Could easily have drawn that. 

[osmark86]

very good second half and we very nearly made it a draw. I'm sure Chuk will be really disappointed with that miss, but he'll learn and be fired up to do even better. very proud of the fight we saw today. UTV!

[Tommo_b]

Could’ve easily drawn had Carmel scored.

[MaVilla]

The whole team deserves a lot of credit, 2-1 is a loss, but the performance was very good and i enjoyed it rather than sitting on my sofa with my hands over my eyes.

also....dont tell me Sanson isnt good, that raking pass he made was brill, and the bit of control he did right at the end was sublime, he's a player.

I thought Buendia had some lovely touches also.

I could go on, really good team performance, regardless of the loss, lovely to see us actually pass the ball and play the game properly.

Edited December 1, 2021 by MaVilla

[The_Steve]

So proud of that second half performance - given the quality of the opposition we were our own worst enemy, but that came against relentess pressing and energy from City, not to mention their relentless fouls in the middle of the park.

MOTM is either Marv or Dougie. Young was excellent.

If only Carney had scored, what a moment.

Brave, bold subs from Gerrard. Sanson is a welcome return.

I don't recall Emi being tested greatly, so the manner of the goals conceded is a sour note.

There's a lot we can take from the game.

Fantastic goal from Ollie.

We had City rattled second half.

[villa4europe]

2nd half full of promise

The worst thing about the chuk shot was it would have been such a good goal

The pen on konsa I'm not sold on, honestly not a clue if it was or not 

[LxYoungAVFC]

Proud of the lads. Fought themselves back into the game. Dougie and Watkins massive.

Shout out to Stevie for changing things up.

[Robtaylor200]

Well that could have been a lot worse. Great to see the tenacity of the team. The expectations of Gerard are clear to see. 

not a great game to watch as City so dominant but not a bad score on paper, looking forward to the next (dont normally say that)

[LondonVillian]

Good 2nd half. 

Tough Motm which is rare for a defeat but nakamba, luiz, watkins and young all played very well. 

[AV82]

Brilliant. In hindsight I think Ramsey would've been the better sub instead of Chukwuemeka, he's way too raw to play in a game like this but it'll be a huge vote of confidence for the young lad. A tremendous effort and some exciting in game management from the boss. UTV and on to Leicester.

[Mozzavfc]

We put up one hell of a fight in that second half

Chuk was millimetres away from being instant hero

[Jono62]

Won the second half. Hate how City always foul when you are trying to create an attack, but it's something the top teams do.

Happy to see Chuk and Sanson come on.

We'll beat them next time.

Also, to add that I thought Mike Dean was decent tonight.

Edited December 1, 2021 by Jono62

[gwi1890]

Proud of that performance, unlucky not to get a point, we’ve played poorer teams this season and looked lost tonight we didn’t, love that we are using the depth of the squad now, onto Leicester!

[StefanAVFC]

Brilliant 2nd half.

[El Zen]

We gave it a far better go than I expected us to. That second half was excellent, and we were closer to drawing level than they were a third. 

Lots and lots of positives to take from that. 

Douglas Luiz was terrific, as was Ollie. I was also really encouraged by Emi2’s second half performance. 

[Marka Ragnos]

Proud of our boys. Great fighting spirit. (Boos to the crass booers at Grealish.)