Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Arsenal

[NoelVilla]

Get rid of all the mistakes please. Creating an identity with the team and a gameplan but it's just too many individual mistakes. Not convinced with Buendia on the left in this formation.

[jjaacckk91]

We hit the crossbar at 2-2 and it comes back out.

They hit it and it comes of the back of Martinez, it's unlucky.

That was the difference between winning and losing.

Give the lads a break they're top of the league and that was very competitive.

 

[foreveryoung]

2 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

How the **** did they get 8 minutes? 

Emi time wasting half of it, it's gotta stop, just goes on the end of the game when we can't handle the pressure. 

[Zhan_Zhuang]

1 minute ago, LondonLax said:

Because it hit Martinez in the back of the head and deflected in? 

It was a good performance from both teams. 

Second-half it was all Arsenal, I for one could see what was going to happen...

Villa just cave under pressure. Every. Single. Time. It IS a mental weakness!

[foreveryoung]

2 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

How the **** did they get 8 minutes? 

Emi time wasting half of it, it's gotta stop, just goes on the end of the game when we can't handle the pressure. 

[Rightdm00]

Went toe to toe with the league leaders. Had 2 clear cut chances to go up 3-2 and didn't get either. That's really all you can ask for against a team like arsenal. We had a chance, just didn't take it. 

[Spoony]

I’m starting to hate Martinez

[MakemineVanilla]

You have to be good to win stuff but you also have to have good luck and Arsenal's third owed a lot to luck.

Villa were pretty good and might have snatched it themselves with better luck with Bailey's shot.

At least the commentators were happy.

[Lerner's Driver]

1 minute ago, LondonVillian said:

incorrect

Then we have a different opinion.

[bannedfromHandV]

3 defeats on the spin, okay it’s a bit skewed when two of those games against the top 2 but what are the chances that we’d have consecutive home games where we twice led to end up losing 4–2?! 
 

We lacked energy in the second half except for short bursts when we looked dangerous, Arsenal were the better team overall but it came down to fine margins, Baileys effort crashed off the bar and into relative safety, theirs smacks Martinez on the back of his head and goes in, them’s the breaks sometimes.

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Obviously very disappointing in the end, but we play some brilliant Football at times.

At the end of the day, from the last 3 games, the only REAL disappointment can be Leicester IMO.

Champions and Champions elect/chasers was always going to be tough.

I can't pretend to not see the improvements due to results.

We still have silly errors in us which will only improve with time and personell.

The run of fixtures we have coming up now leaves us with no more excuses.

[Khizzy]

At least Hanks will know what it's like to be a proper Villa fan now... 

[Lomaski]

11 goals in 3 games. This is turning into a shit show. Typical Villa, think you're looking upwards but always about scraping 40 points.

[AV82]

Just now, Rightdm00 said:

Went toe to toe with the league leaders. Had 2 clear cut chances to go up 3-2 and didn't get either. That's really all you can ask for against a team like arsenal. We had a chance, just didn't take it. 

Quality and fine margins were the difference. All of which can be worked on. That was a decent performance all things considered and we could've easily walked away with 3 points. Onwards and upwards.

[Reivax_Villa]

I’ve said this before and I will say it again..

Mings and Konsa do not get you a top 8 finish..

But we lost against a better opponent, and our limitations shown too..

Emery wants that chequebook now!!  

[Aston_Villan4]

2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

We really aren't.... lol

 

Put up a hell of a fight against the league leaders unlike last week against Man City but yeah we’re shit.

[Ouchmefoot]

4 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

How the **** did they get 8 minutes? 

was 6 mins but they celebrated for 2 mins after their lucky, offside goal so that was added on

[HKP90]

2 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Emi time wasting half of it, it's gotta stop, just goes on the end of the game when we can't handle the pressure. 

Why does anyone 'time waste', when it's just added on at the end?

[Demitri_C]

11 goals conceded in 3 games. Hmm wonder where the problem lies?

Sack the defence

[foreveryoung]

1 minute ago, Spoony said:

I’m starting to hate Martinez

I get the feeling he thinks he's better than Villa, actually get the feeling he thinks he's better than any team. Needs to come back down to earth, no way he needed to be up for that last corner either.