Seems like Villa fans weren’t alone in thinking it was a poor match overall. Some quotes from the BBC report:
”Villa made nearly all the running in a game desperately short on quality … It was, to be brutally honest, a dreadful game lacking in quality, but Gerrard will not care as Villa will take wins any way they can get them at the moment after a poor start to the season … The winning goal from Ramsey was scrappy, totally befitting such a poor game … It was not pleasing on the eye but Villa fully merited the win
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62845794