Ratings & Reactions: Spurs v Villa

[sne]

Bit fortunate to come away with 3 points there but I'll take it.

First half was really bad but that late Torres goal was vital. Second half was gung-ho from both sides and there probably could have been a couple goal more for either side. Both GK's were great with Martinez my MOTM. Pau Torres stood out in a positive way in a defense that looked worse than usual. 

Offside tactic worked great again.

[Wainy316]

That’s massive!!!

[LondonLax]

**** off Spurs. Three easy points at White Hart Lane. Two points off the top of the league

[CVByrne]

He made the right subs at half time. Bailey exactly the player we needed on the pitch. Tielemans added more control on the ball having the 4 CMs out there. 

[TheMightyVillans]

2nd goal was one of my favourite of the season. The passing and finishing was great. Tielemans changed the match when he came on. Kept onto the ball, played some great forward passes and got the assist.

[est1874]

Special shout out to the ref who was a special sort of word removed.

Where do these find these **** arseholes

[PaulC]

Massive win. Wish Bailey wouldn't be such a one trick pony though. Could have killed the game off second half even if we djdnt deserve to. Thought Kamara was good today.

[stewiek2]

3 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

We need to improve our away form 

Its utter shite isn't it. Since we lost to Plop we've won 3, drew 1 and lost 1. Awful

[Beastmix]

Early pro-active subs, beat them for stamina, Emi on fire. Pleased with the hard-fought comeback away win.

As a side observation, it felt like the referee was getting in the way of both teams ALOT today.

[avfc1982am]

Night and Day performance but a huge win. Huge for our season and confidence leading into some tough games. 

We rode our luck at times but good teams do that. Great 3 points.  

[ThunderPower_14]

What a win! Made the required adjustments and turned the game around. Tielemans was terrific but I think the shape just worked better. Could have been a couple of extra goals either way.

[sharkyvilla]

Jesus I aged a bit during that.  I can't get my head around us not wilting under the pressure and going on to win these games.  Really strong second half, Spurs were spent after an hour.

[6065_Villa]

Have the media stopped crying yet?

 

[switters]

Fantastic result. Some big performances 2nd half, Martinez, Kamara, Luiz, Tielemans

Hard place to come, Spurs play high intensity and a bit unconventional tactics, you see big spaces sometimes where you don't expect, they look for the killer ball quickly and got some crafty players like Kulusevski. we did seem to get bit more of a read of them as the game went on. 

Not sure we really exploited break opportunities enough, but did enough and was a nice goal to win it, smooth pass and move football. Their keeper should've got it tbh

[Hiney]

Definition of a smash a grab.

Absolutely awful 1st half but the changes at half time changed it. Tielemans was good when he came on and Emi made some crucial saves. 

We will play better and lose this season so will take these grinded out wins when we can get them! 

[fightoffyour]

2 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

Spurs fans are taking it well.

At least they're used to it

Edited November 26, 2023 by fightoffyour

[stewiek2]

Just now, TheMightyVillans said:

2nd goal was one of my favourite of the season. The passing and finishing was great. Tielemans changed the match when he came on. Kept onto the ball, played some great forward passes and got the assist.

His bal retention was massive for us second half. We stopped playing it so rabbit in headlights and exploited the space on the right. bailey should have had some great chances if he hadn't tried to cut inside every damn time.

Fair play to Spurs. They're a hell of a side at home. Very Newcastle like.

[Pinebro]

3 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

that was a proper smash and grab.

they were all over us and should have won it, but we dug in, played some decent stuff at times and did a drive by, i wont complain tho.

 

Was it?

We were much, much better second half

Most of their big chances was offside anyways

[Keener window-cleaner]

What a super game that was to watch! Spurs are playing really entertaining and attacking football, good that we managed to find the weaknesses. Their left back most played like an attacking midfielder, the right back almost the same. So good three points! UTV! 

[duke313]

Great 3 points, but we were terrible for large parts of that game. We really need to up our performances away from home, we won’t be playing a team with 6 of their starting XI out every away game.