Ratings & Reactions: Chelsea v Villa

[Louis]

Listening on VillaTV with Mark Regan and Ian Taylor. Sounded drab but the mos important thing is we came away with the 3pts. Very pleased with that.

[alreadyexists]

Yes! Come on Villa. Feel like it’s an ugly win, but when you have to win ugly, then do it.

 

[Farlz]

Big important win. We needed that today, especially with it being away where we’ve looked pretty suspect this season. 

Just Brighton to go then we can really start looking forward to a good run after that hopefully. 

[Adman]

1 minute ago, Icarium said:

Good win for us, Martinez mom. Special mention to digne for getting kicked from pillar to post and still getting through the game

Getting booked for being elbowed in the face was a particular highlight 

[ChesterDad]

Superb mentality from the players today - they really defended our lead with grit and determination.

Well managed again Unai

[Jonesy7211]

One time I'm glad of VAR, we weren't getting anything out that ref. I can't imagine how frustrating it would have been for our boys. Well done for keeping their heads. Professional.

Edited September 24, 2023 by Jonesy7211
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[allani]

6th place in the league and we've played 2 of the Sly 6 and Saudi Utd away from home too.

[TheMightyVillans]

Ref tried his best to help chelsea. Blows his whistle early in the first half but blows it late in the 2nd half when chelsea needed it.

Martinez motm, Kamara much better this game, luiz and zaniolo solid. 

[Brumstopdogs]

 

[ferguson1]

Martinez, Pau, Konsa, Kamara and Luiz very good today.

Hopefully that goal will give Watkins the confidence to go on a scoring streak. 

[switters]

Overall, very good performance I thought. We had more chances than them even before the red, and fought well in defence. Yes, Chelsea got in behind sometimes, but with their players they will do that against anyone. Palmer in particular looked quality when he came on.

Kamara MOTM, best game of season from him. Really important interceptions. Martinez, Konsa, Pau all did good and Luiz as usual. Watkins didn't have a lot of impact first half but made the crucial one and won us the match. Zaniolo positive in first half. 

Given that we played away in Europe on Thurs, to get through that with a clean sheet and three points is excellent.

[AshVilla]

Chelsea fans are terrible.

Can't believe they were booing at the final whistle.

They have literally spent a billion in 2 summer windows.

How ungrateful.

 

 

Edited September 24, 2023 by AshVilla

[sharkyvilla]

Thought that was Torres's best performance so far.  11 **** minutes?  To be fair to Chelsea I thought it was a strong yellow rather than a red but they are so toothless it's untrue.

[ThunderPower_14]

Great performance on the road. Martinez kept us in the lead but some bizarre refereeing, stopping the game to give the yellow when we were basically through on goal was insane. 

The ref did well with the red though. I thought it was clear but that he might not give it due to the ball being involved. 

Could have easily been 4-3 instead of 1-0, but we absolutely deserved that. 

[supermon]

Great to keep a clean sheet, after a Europa league game too. Well done to all the lads. Sending off obviously helped.

[Spoony]

People like to moan about the high line but it worked perfectly (again) today 

[Mantis]

 

[KMitch]

1 minute ago, Davkaus said:

There haven't been a lot of big decisions to make, and the biggest one was the red, which was correct, yet somehow this is still the worst refereeing and assistant refereeing performance I've ever seen, even in the Championship. 

Getting in the way of players, stopping the first half early, seeming to not understand the advantage rule, fouls being an absolute cointoss, handballs given from a foot away, not even getting goalkicks/corners and the direction of throw ins correct. It was an absolute disasterclass from start to finish, he needs demoting. 

I don't know why the Premier League can't get the refereeing situation figured out but most of the other top leagues in the world can?  Even during the Alex Ferguson era where he was paying off/giving significant gifts to the refs it wasn't this poor.  This is the best and most profitable football league in the world, why are they not hiring the best referees from around the world to go along with it?  The PL/FA need to stop burying their heads in the sand and hoping it sorts itself out because it's getting worse year after year. 

[trekka]

Up to 6th (whilst Chelsea are down in 14th ) and only 3 points off 3rd if we're talking about points as they stand.  

Edited September 24, 2023 by trekka

[bannedfromHandV]

Great result, even if Chelsea are dogshit. I marked the ref as average but totally forgot the calamity of errors, thankfully it didn’t hurt us.

Clean sheet is great, Watkins will feel relieved and hopefully he goes on a run now. Good day in the end!