Ratings & Reactions: UCL1: Young Boys v Villa

[OutByEaster?]

We play some lovely stuff don't we?

Some of the little passages of play to release Digne down the left were really tidy.

[bcarpet]

I don't care who they were, you don't win 3-0 in the champions league unless you've put in a really good performance. Really professional job by the boys

[Jonesy7211]

On that performance and form over the last 6 months, I don't think there's a team Tielemans doesn't get into. Top performance.

Rogers was very good, and Digne had another good display. Maatsen has a real job replacing him.

Crap ref though, and I've still got no idea if Ollie's disallowed goal really was handball.

[Vive_La_Villa]

Nice professional job done. Just a mature display in Europe. Very impressive.

Gave Emery a good as he bought on the wrong sub  

[Jareth]

How can the elite competition in europe allow a team to host games on astroturf? Ridiculous, it's a real advantage to them. 

[Joshie2000]

12 minutes ago, LondonLax said:

The Watkins hand ball was the correct decision according to the rules. 

The ref was ok.  

Not the angle on BEINSPORTS, he didn't took it and if there was then faintest touch they would be guessing that there was contact, you can't disallow on a guess, the Duran goal there was 8 or 9 passes before the goal, the ball went forward and backwards a few times from player to player so nit same phase of play, VAR is a joke no matter who's running it, 

Edited Tuesday at 19:01 by Joshie2000

[Villadevon]

Young Boys get schooled.

[El Segundo]

Classic European away performance like 70s and 80s Liverpool (and Villa for a couple of years), ride out the initial storm, quieten the crowd then take over.  They clearly targeted Bogarde's side but it fizzled out after about 20 minutes.  Should have been 5 or 6 really but for VAR.  That was one of our more winnable games and we did what we had to do with little fuss.  Well done to all except the officials who were dreadful first half.

[punkiller1981]

Great performance all round youri again dictated that game feeding Rodger’s and Ramsey. I really think last season experience of European football will stand us in really good stead managing the number of games and travel. Shame it wasn’t 5 - 0 but  keeping it perspective 18th September 2018 we were playing Rotherham so I won’t moan to much 

[Jareth]

Felt like we were getting shafted by the ref but if he was bent there were a few other times he would have found against us, so it's just bad luck we didn't win by 5.

[Jas10]

 

[Leeroy]

Gave Tielemans man of the match as he was class.

 

Rogers was incredible again and they couldn’t handle him but needs to add that final ball or finish to his locker and then he’ll be the complete player.

[TDR V2]

2 minutes ago, Jareth said:

How can the elite competition in europe allow a team to host games on astroturf? Ridiculous, it's a real advantage to them. 

Or not

[alreadyexists]

We just won 0-3 in the champions league and Man Utd are playing Barnsley  

Edited Tuesday at 19:04 by alreadyexists

[Jas10]

 

[TDR V2]

Just now, alreadyexists said:

We just one 0-5 in the champions league and Man Utd are playing Barnsley  

AIFFTFY

[lapal_fan]

That was all well and good

But please

We can't celebrate this win too much, despite how well we played. 

What we really need to focus on, I don't think has been addressed on here, such is the giddyness. 

Are well all forgetting, that Birmingham City beat WREXHAM last night?! 

I'M RATTLING LIKE A PIPE IN A **** VOLCANO SONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

 

 

 

AHHHHHH **** AVE THAT YOU BIG DICKHEADSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[ender4]

1 minute ago, alreadyexists said:

We just one 0-3 in the champions league and Man Utd are playing Barnsley  

They’ll still finish above us in the Champions League league table

[ferguson1]

We may have to start getting used to this

 

[Ponky]

Compare that to our away game against Legia last season and it's clear that conference league was a great little learning experience for the group. 

Tielemans, Rogers, Ramsey, Digne all magnificent. Onana took his goal beautifully as well. 

Great move by Unai also in pushing Konsa out wide to replace Bogarde.

It's always great to be going to bed at 3am buzzing rather than fuming, so cheers Villa boys. 

And that third kit is gorgeous.