Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Lille

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Your ratings and reactions please. Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong.

A mod will add the players to the MoTM poll later.

[Giro]

Next week is gonna be hell

[Alakagom]

I hope we handle the pressure, biggest game in sometime, with how other games have went us going through is a necessity for CL spot

[osmark86]

Good result.

Bummer that we let one in late from another corner, something we really have to start cutting out. But all in all this is a decent result and we should have enough to beat them away as well.

[mottaloo]

Gonna be a nail biter next wk.

Motm Emi 

[R.Bear]

It's hard to analyse that performance. I would have taken a win of any kind before the match. We have more than enough to take care of this away from home but it's going to be nervy.

[The_Steve]

A very open game. Some great end to end action, both teams looked vulnerable at the back. We scored some excellent goals. Should have scored more. Had a good penalty shout. 
 

Why we make it harder for ourselves and switch off so readily is very frustrating. 
 

Dibu was excellent tonight. 

[villa4europe]

Good game 

Emi MOTM by a distance

Ref was poor as I thought he was inconsistent and we should have had a pen 

Start of the 2nd half was brilliant but I thought the subs were poor, diaby did nothing at all

Lille are a good team 2nd leg will be hard but we can score 

[NorthEastVillan]

Made it harder than it needed to be. 2-0 would have been great but 2-1 acceptable. Will be a very tough game next week.

Emi MotM by an absolute mile. Not even close. 

[GingerCollins29]

Take the win, but feels like a draw after they scored. 

Terrible night for co efficient fc also

[Villan_of_oz]

Emi will need to be man of the match again next week I fear, for us to go through 

[Delphouneso]

Always going to be difficult when the opposition are immune to yellow cards.

[jim]

Just got the win, Martinez kept us in it.

Set piece defending has been poor all season.

[Herman22]

I’ll take the win, but it’s still in the balance for the second leg! 

[Lichfield Dean]

Got a win, the most important thing, but we haven't made it easy for the away game.

Great goals by Ollie and SJM.

I really hope Cash is back so we can play Konsa in the middle. We are struggling so much with this defensive lineup.

[Pinebro]

Always switching off at 2-0

[WakefieldVillan]

Will need a really strong away performance to get through this one, but I'm backing us to complete the job.

Martinez MOTM.

[osmark86]

Just now, GingerCollins29 said:

Take the win, but feels like a draw after they scored. 

Terrible night for co efficient fc also

Naw a win is a win

[Wurzel]

Decent performance in general. With a little more focus & concentration we would have won by more. Every confidence we will go through. Martinez doing his job to the highest level MOM. Ref was poor, but not the worst we have had.

[AVTuco]

Good result, will be a very exciting second leg. 

Only gave "average" to Unai because of the number of subs he made. I thought it was unnecessary.