🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Steven Bergwijn
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Sergio Reguilón
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Bertrand Traoré
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Marvelous Nakamba, Sub on, Carney Chukwuemeka 🟢
🟨 | 90+1’ Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
🔁 | 90’+3 Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace 🟢
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | 45’+1 Booking, Douglas Luiz for a bad foul
⚽ | 45’+3 Goal, 1-0, Danny Ings, Assist by Tyrone Mings
⏱️ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Emiliano Martínez for a bad foul
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Emiliano Buendía for a bad foul
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Axel Tuanzebe
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Danny Ings, Sub on, Wesley
⏱️ | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🟨 | Booking, Marvelous Nakamba, Handball
⚽ | 45’+2 Goal, 3-0, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Frédéric Guilbert
⏱️ | HT Barrow 0-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 4-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Aaron Ramsey 🟢
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Carney Chukwuemeka, Sub on, Caleb Chukwuemeka 🟢
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 5-0, Frédéric Guilbert
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Frédéric Guilbert, Sub on, Hayden Lindley
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 6-0, Cameron Archer, Assist by Jaden Philogene-Bidace
⏱️ | FT Barrow 0-6 Aston Villa

🔁 | 42’ Sub off, Morgan Sanson, Sub on, Carney Chukwuemeka
⏱️ | HT Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Timo Werner
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-1, Cameron Archer, Assist by Matty Cash
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Ezri Konsa
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Ashley Young, Bad foul
⏱️ | FT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa

Penalties:
🟢 1-0 - Anwar El Ghazi scores for Villa
🟢 1-1 - Romelu Lukaku scores for Chelsea
🔴 1-1 - Ashley Young misses for Villa
🟢 1-2 - Mason Mount scores for Chelsea
🔴 1-2 - Marvelous Nakamba misses for Villa
🟢 1-3 - Ross Barkley scores for Chelsea
🟢 2-3 - Ezri Konsa scores for Villa
🔴 2-3 - Ben Chilwell misses for Chelsea
🟢 3-3 - Emiliano Buendía scores for Villa
🟢 3-4 - Reece James scores for Chelsea
🟥 Villa lose 3-4 on penalties

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Scott McTominay
🟨 | 11’ Booking, Jacob Ramsey
⏱️ | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 54’ Goal Disallowed, Aston Villa
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, W Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, W Anwar El Ghazi
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, M Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, W Jaden Philogene-Bidace
⏱️ | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Moussa Diaby
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Sandro Tonali
🟨 | 6’ Booking, Douglas Luiz, Dissent
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-1, Moussa Diaby, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Alexander Isak
🔁 | 31’ Sub off, Tyrone Mings (injury), Sub on, Pau Torres 🟢
🟨 | 32’ Booking, Lucas Digne, Timewasting
🟨 | 45’+9 Booking, Emiliano Martínez, Bad foul
🕒 | 45’+12 HT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Youri Tielemans 🟢
🟨 | 48’ Booking, Matty Cash, Bad foul
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-3, (Newcastle United), Alexander Isak
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Diego Carlos
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-4, (Newcastle United), Callum Wilson
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Philippe Coutinho
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🥅 | 90’+1 Goal, 1-5, (Newcastle United), Harvey Barnes
🕒 | 90’+6 FT Newcastle United 5-1 Aston Villa

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Amadou Onana
💥 | 2’ John McGinn tripped in the box, referee gives nothing
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Amadou Onana, Assist by Youri Tielemans
🟨 | 8’ Booking, Leon Bailey, Bad Foul
💥 | 35’ Referee awards penalty to West Ham for a trip by Matty Cash on Soucek in a rare break from the home side
🎥 | 36’ VAR confirms penalty despite the replay clearly showing Matty Cash getting a touch to the ball before making contact with the player
🎥 | 36’ VAR applies the ‘new’ ‘referee’s call initiative’ to their penalty ‘decision’ in that they will only overturn a decision if the referee is clearly wrong
🎥 | 36’ VAR does not overturn a penalty they know to not be a penalty because they deem the on-field referee to have not made a significant enough error in incorrectly awarding the penalty
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), Lucas Paquetá
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 47’ Lucas Paquetá commits yet another foul but remains on the pitch despite his first half booking and repeated offences
❗| 56’ Chance! Morgan Rogers assisted by Youri Tielemans
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen 🟢
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, Jhon Durán, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Kosta Nedeljkovic 🟢
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Bad Foul
💥 | 90’ The referee signals 7’ of injury time
🕒 | 90’+9 FT West Ham United 1-2 Aston Villa

❗| 8’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins header cleared off the line
❗| 11’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins slices Lucas Digne’s cross with Morgan Rogers ready to tap in
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Dwight McNeill, Everton score in their first attack having fouled Onana in the build up
🎥 | 15’ VAR does not intervene
💥 | 17’ Amadou Onana returns to the pitch
💥 | 18’ A studs up challenge from Iroegbunam on Bogarde receives only a booking
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-2, (Everton), Dominic Calvert-Lewin
💥 | Everton go two up totally against the run of play as they optimise a needless foul and slack discipline to hit a shock second, despite their pragmatic and conservative approach they are in dreamland
💥 | 30’ More highly physical play at both ends of the pitch from Everton and Villa are struggling to cope
❗| 30’ Chance!, Morgan Rogers breaks but Pickford saves
💥 | 31’ Another foul from Everton goes unpunished as Calvert-Lewin leads with his arm into Torres
💥 | 34’ A clearance out of Sean Dyche’s route one handbook is met by Calvert-Lewin as the difference in approaches cannot be overstated.
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 1-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Lucas Digne, another lovely move this time results in a goal.
💥 | 36’ Jordan Pickford feigns injury to break the momentum.
💥 | 38’ Play restarts to a cacophony of boos and Villa break playing rings around Everton but unable to make the breakthrough.
💥 | 40’ Gueye goes straight through the back of Jacob Ramsey, no card given.
💥 | Another Everton hoof sees Dwight McNeil cause more problems in the box.
💥 | 45’ The fourth official signals 7’ of injury time.
💥 | 47’ Everton continue to operate at walking pace before another hoof ball goes straight out of touch.
💥 | 49’ Harrison dives to win a free kick in a defensive position and referee Pawson buys it again allowing Pickford to slow the game further before another foul in the middle of the park on Rogers goes unpunished, the next challenge from Rogers doesn’t.
💥 | 51’ Another Everton hoof lands straight in the arms of Emi Martínez.
🕒 | 45’+7 HT Aston Villa 1-2 Everton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🟨 | 47’ Booking, Emiliano Martínez, Time-wasting. Supreme irony abounds as Craig Pawson books a Villa player for time-wasting, maybe he was confused by the change of ends.
❗| 49’ Chance!, Morgan Rogers denied by a point blank save from Pickford
❗| 49’ Chance!, Jacob Ramsey denied by a last gap tackle on the follow up that deflects the ball to safety
💥 | 52’ A mistake in midfield gives Everton possession that leads to Calvert-Lewin failing to beat a stranded Martínez as Konsa’s tackle saves the day. Villa look unable to deal with the physical stuff today.
💥 | 55’ Every ball is bouncing kindly for Everton at the moment as a benevolent referee doesn’t help.
💥 | 57’ Keane's last man tackle stops an Ollie Watkins break on goal
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-2, Ollie Watkins, played in by an Everton defender’s flailing feet
💥 | 60’ Ashley Young drags Morgan Rogers to the ground in the penalty area, VAR does not intervene
❗| 62’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins misses his hat-trick as Rogers’ ball in evades his stretch leg
💥 | 64’ Watkins as last man on the left is dragged down by O’Brien, no action, VAR does not intervene
💥 | 68’ Ashley Young goes down in the box to waste some time
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Jhon Durán
❗| 72’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins misses his hat-trick again as he guides the ball just wide of the post
💥 | 72’ Another Everton player hits the deck, this time with cramp… maybe if they played above walking pace they’d be alright
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-2, Jhon Durán, Assist by Ross Barkley. Jhon Durán scores one of the greatest goals ever seen at Villa Park.
❗| 79’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins is foiled by Pickford’s punch
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía, *Scenes*
❗| 85’ Chance!, Jhon Durán scissor kicks over
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🕒 | 90’+7 HT Aston Villa 3-2 Everton

🗒️ | 3’ Since kick off Ipswich haven’t touched the ball as Villa make pretty shapes in the opposition half before Tielemans shoots a dipping shot over
🗒️ | 5’ Still all Villa but poessession is now further back
🗒️ | 6’ Kalvin Phillips falls over and Amadou Onana is punished triggering Ipswich’s first goal, poor refereeing by Attwell even before the ultimate punishment
🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Rory Delap. Amazingly Villa fall behind yet again but Emiliano Martínez probably shouild have done better at his near post
🗒️ | 11’ Still all Villa posession since the goal before Torres goes down in the area from a faliling Ipswich defensive arm
🗒️ | 13’ Still all Villa as Watkins is barged off the ball in the penalty area…. old fashioned but usually a liability these days
❗ | 14’ Chance! Pinball in the box after a poor defensive clearance and Villa have a chance….
⚽ | 14’ Goal!, 1-1, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🗒️ | 16’ Villa are facing yet another team that niggle away, shirt pulls, stray elbows, kicks and then go down way too easily under legitimate challenges
🗒️ | 17’ A really strong cross in from Ipswich, they are looking stronger and more connected than the firat 15’ but Villa are still dominating possession and the patterns
🗒️ | 21’ More Ipswich play around the Villa box but it goes nowhere as Villa break and Watkins is cycically brought down on the touch line to prevent a breakway, free kick but no action from referee Attwell
🗒️ | 22’ Youri Tielemans is punished for an offence that really wasn’t, Tielemans had been remonstrating with Attwell earlier about his awareness
🗒️ | 24’ A ridiculous push on Tielemans 30 yards out right in front of the refereee, a free kick, no caution and you get the feeling Ipswich are getting bolder in their challenges because of it
🗒️ | 25’ No free kick for Rogers despite being brought down in a comming together before he is immediately punished for running across a player’s path who hits the ground
🗒️ | 26’ What could have been a lovely move is squandered by a stray midfield pass with spaces wide open for Villa to attack
🗒️ | 28’ Villa playing it around the Ipswich box again but no openings
🗒️ | 29’ Incidentally the hoardings around Portman Road read like diseases ‘HALOITSM’ ‘HALOCRM’ ‘HALOPSA’ …there’s a brand marketeer somewhere that needs sacking
🗒️ | 30’ Still all Villa but Ipswich are proving adept at interrupting flow with last ditch legs
🗒️ | 31’ A first bit of wingplay from Leon Bailey sees him receive the ball back and the chance to deliver a teasing cross….
⚽ | 32’ Goal!, 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Leon Bailey. A perfect cross from Bailey is straight onto Watkins’ head and Villa lead.
🗒️ | 34’ Diego Carlos is penalised and Ipswich have a free kick on the edge of the area, it’s cleared to Kalvin Phillips outside the box and Martínez puts it behind at full stretch
🗒️ | 36’ Leon Bailey is bundled to the floor in front of the referee but it takes an age for Attwell to award the free kick
🗒️ | 37’ Martínez saves Villa with an excellent save from the onrushing Delap an attack brought about by some strangely short play in the middle of the park from Villa.
🗒️ | 38’ A purely natural leverage elbow from Watkins catches an Ipswich defender prompting a strong taking to from the referee
🗒️ | 40’ A long ball into the box is just too far in front of Watkins as the ‘keeper collects
🗒️ | 42’ Ipswich win a corner and fair play to the home team, as an attacking team they aren’t awful
🚑 | 42’ Martínez is caught in the face by an Ipswich defender as he collects the ball and is down
🗒️ | 44’ Checks over, Martínez can continue for now, the ball starts with Ipswich in possession in their own half
🗒️ | 45’ Rogers is maimed in midfield and the referee appears not to notice as Villa attack before Ipswich break it up
🟨 | 47’ Rogers is fouled badly, poorly and obviously twice in succession and is clearly frustrated as Attwell finally brings out a card, then another
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Ipswich Town 1-2 Aston Villa
🗒️ | 46’ Villa on the attack immediately before a cut back doesn’t come off and Lucas Digne fouls his opponent, Attwell awards a free kick and takes no action before Ogbene of Ipswich ‘asks’ hims to book Digne and he dutifully does, crazy.
🟨 | 46’ Booking, Lucas Digne, Bad Foul
🗒️ | 48’ Villa’s passing is just a little too long for each other in these early stages of the second half before some lucky ricochets keep Ipswich a threat ahead of excellent and clever defending from Diego Carlos
🗒️ | 50’ Play is very much more subdued at the start of this secoind half as Sam Morsy has the cheek to complain he was fouled. Another stray foot in stymies a Villa build but they regain possession before Ollie Watkins is brought down and the referee ignores it again.
🗒️ | 52’ A loose ball sets Villa free but they cannot make anything of it as Morgan Rogers strikes a really frsutrated figure given his lack of protection from the referee
🟨 | 53’ Ipswich break down the left and another excellent cross is put behind for a corner, Martínez sets Villa away before ex Villa man Tuanzebe scythes down Tielemans in full flow with another stray leg and is deservedly booked
🗒️ | 56’ Villa need to up the momentum right now, Ipswich are there for the taking but there’s no doubt that they are a cohesive attacking threat at times, and clearly build on confidence
🗒️ | 57’ Sam Morsy treads on the back of Tielemans’ ankle and should be off, no action from Attwell
🗒️ | 59’ Villa desperately need a third here so they can play with full fluidity as the Portman Road crowd embarrass themselves calling for a handball on Digne’s midriff…. just as well we’re not in Switzerland
🗒️ | 60’ Fabulous play from Rogers in the middle of the park keeps Villa moving
🗒️ | 62’ Villa playing keep ball again before a stray pass goes straight to the ‘keeper and momentum is lost
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🗒️ | 66’ More excellent defending from Diego Carlos but Villa need to be far more forceful going forward, they have become quite passive allowing Ipswich to settle
🗒️ | 70’ Well this was coming, another poor challenge from Sam Morsy treading on Philogene’s boot, Attwell seems transfixed and unable to move before blowing for a free kick a good 5 seconds after the challenge, no second yellow, no VAR check, this is normally the point that Attwell’s officiating plummets into total incompetence
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 2-2, (Ipswich Town), Rory Delap. Villa pegged back and they only have themselves to blame. Very poor approach this second half.
🗒️ | 73’ A foot up late challenge on Durán earns Ipswich another yellow card before Ramsey has a stray attempt to put Villa back ahead
🗒️ | 74’ Receiving a knee in the back and Philogene is punished, madness
🗒️ | 76’ There really does look like there will only be one winner now and sadly that’s the home side, Villa are out of ideas, it’s always been a bogey ground this
🗒️ | 78’ Too easy for Ipswich as they regain possession from an aimless Villa long ball
🗒️ | 79’ Villa finally mount an attack but it’s cleared no nonsense into row z
🗒️ | 80’ A desperate, desperate last ditch tackle from Torres prevents Ipswich from going ahead, Villa are in real trouble here
🗒️ | 82’ Villa play it around the box and Durán is fouled right on the edge of the penalty area
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🗒️ | 85’ The free kick is finally taken by Buendía and it is hopeless
🗒️ | 87’ Villa give the ball away allowing Ipswich to break but regain posession and work it to Philogene but again it’s so easy for Ipswich to win the ball back before Ross Barkley shoots from distance and the ‘keeper makes a comfortable save.
🗒️ | 89’ Ipswich are hoofing it clear now but it only needs to take one lucky bounce and they will be in, such a poor second half from Villa, Bayern Munich is no excuse
🗒️ | 90’+2 All Ipswich, all around Villa’s box, two corners in succession and Villa make a total hash of it to concede a third.
🗒️ | 90’+5 Villa get more than they deserved as the final whistle goes and yet again Villa get stage fright as they are about to clinch top spot.
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Ipswich Town 2-2 Aston Villa

*Live Commentary*
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🗒️ | 13’ All Bayern so far, ominous at present
🗒️ | 14’ Neuer races 40 yards off his line to clear Villa’s attack
💥 | 17’ Villa break and Dayot Upamecano clearly fouls Ollie Watkins as the last man, unbelievably the referee doesn’t even award a free kick when it’s a clear red card offence. UEFA standard refereeing strikes again
💥 | 17’ Another foul on Ollie Watkins playing on the shoulder sees Upamecano carded but he shouldn’t even be on the pitch
⚽ | 21’ Goal! 1-0, Pau Torres, Assist by Lucas Digne but was it offside?
🎥 | 23’ VAR deems they were offside, to be fair Lucas Digne was
❗| 26’ Chance! Morgan Rogers releases Ollie Watkins who cuts back to Onana but his shot is straight at the ‘keeper
🔁 | 27’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Leon Bailey. Ramsey succumbs to injury once again as Villa are forced into a reshuffle
💥 | 30’ Another Munich foul, this time from Coman but Villa have settled and are looking the more fluent side despite Bayern having missed the opportunity to give Kane a tap in
🗒️ | 33’ Villa are putting their feet in just like Wolves, Ipswich and Wycombe, maybe there’s something to this inelegant side of the game
🗒️ | 34’ Great defending on the wing stops Bayern from causing a threat
🗒️ | 37’ A lull in the game to Villa’s benefit but Bayern push up high to keep the pressure on, clearly there is an arrogance to their play from playing also-rans week in week out, Villa needn’t be overawed
🗒️ | 38’ Martínez makes a finger tip save to prevent Bayern going ahead from a ridiculously good long range strike
🗒️ | 39’ Bayern contnue to surround Vills each time they get the ball and their crowding out tactics work a treat, no momentum possible from Villa currently
🗒️ | 41’ Villa though still build patiently before a silly Bayern dive cons the ref
💥 | 42’ Total madness as the Bayern player goes through Jaden and the referee gives nothing
💥 | 42’ Kane fouls Onana and another clear yellow card is avoided by the referee much to the frustration of the Villa players. This is a very poor performance from European officials yet agaon
💥 | 44’ Another Bayern foul, another free kick, they look like they are going to get away with this with Radu Petrescu in charge, really poor officiating here.
💥 | 45’ Almost unbeleivably if what has happened had not already gone before the backtracking Jaden is punished by the referee as the defender leaps into his trajectory. Where do they get these officials from? They make Stuart Atterll look competent.
🕒 | 45’+2 Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
🗒️ | 46’ Musiala comes on for Coman, great, at least it shows we had them scared
🗒️ | 46’ Neuer hoofs it a la Wolves
🗒️ | 47’ Villa break down the left after great tenacious player to win the corner, Jaden is doing well
🗒️ | 48’ Terrible clearance from Neuer is saved by an offside flag
💥 | 49’ Yet another Dayot Upamecano foul on Watkins, no punishment, is this kid going to do a Koeman and score the winner?
🗒️ | 50’ Konsa clears at the back post in Bayern’s first attack of the second half
🗒️ | 52’ Bayern keeping the ball as their desperation sees Kimmich appeal for hand ball for a ball he fired straight at Konsa’s elbow, corner, embarrassing
🗒️ | 54’ Kimmich’s corner goes straight out of play
💥 | 54’ Another foul and Villa’s frustration is all too much on the touchline
🗒️ | 56’ Ping pong in the area as a series of weak Bayern shots are cleared
🗒️ | 56’ Villa break but somehow Bayern are seemingly doubling up on every forward player, good discipline
🗒️ | 59’ Onana is injured after his first half troubles as Kadan also comes on for Bailey with the sub subbed (injury),
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🗒️ | 60’ As an side it’s incredible how much physical punishment Onana takes from his opponents
💥 | 61’ More poor refereeing as play is pulled back unnecessarily to Morgan Rogers’ cost
🗒️ | 62’ Tempting fate but Villa look totally in control here
🗒️ | 63’ Musiala runs at the defence, takes a one two and wins a corner, fabulous play, he’d be much more suited to an Emery team
🗒️ | 64’ Jaden doing the little things really well, clever kid
🟨 | 65’ At last! A yellow card for a foul on Ollie Watkins, this time it’s not Upamecano but Gnabry, meanwhile Sané comes on
🗒️ | 66’ Bayern break but it’s so offside it is embarrassing, Villa are showing them up here
🗒️ | 67’ It’s JD time
🗒️ | 68’ Such competent defending sniffs out a Bayern attack in the box before Ollie Watkins is relieved from his battering by Jhon Durán
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 70’ This referee… awards a free kick for a non foul from Tielemans that pales into insignifcance as to what has gone before… Bayern noticeably trying to slow the game
🗒️ | 72’ A long ball from Martínez releases Jaden before a truly fortunate foot or excellent tackle saves the corner
🗒️ | 73’ Three Bayern men around Barkley win the ball in midfield
🗒️ | 74’ Villa break before another cynical Bayern challenge under the referee’s nose
🗒️ | 75’ Paulinha comes on… what has Kompany the tactician said? “you know english football, go on and score”
🗒️ | 75’ Laimer goes down like a sack of spuds… typical Germany play from a Swiss
🗒️ | 79’ Fabulous ball into Jhon Durán from Pau Torres who beats Neuer from outseide the box, totally and utterly deserved
⚽ | 79’ Goal! 1-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Pau Torres
🗒️ | 82’ You have to hand it to Neuer, he’s a bit of a special ‘keeper as he nods down a clearance to his defence
🗒️ | 83’ Bayern’s first genuinely clean and good tackle sets them on the break before a fabulous point blank save from Martínez but it’s offside anyway
🗒️ | 85’ Kompany throws on attacking subs… fair play to him
🗒️ | 86’ The pressure Bayern put on the Villa players is something to behold, only occassionally legal but then one assumes they get away with it in the Bundesliga but impressive nonetheless to buy the referee’s largesse
🗒️ | 88’ Villa clear from Bayern’s posessional pressure but it comes back and it’s yet another easy pick up from Martínez
🗒️ | 90’ The third official or fourth or sixth shows 4’ of injury time
🗒️ | 90’ Martínez makes a genuinely excellent save this time before going down with ‘cramp’. That would have been a wounder.
🟨 | 90+1’ Booking, Ian Maatsen, not sure why yet
🗒️ | 90+2’ Villa hoof but it comes back
🗒️ | 90+3’ Bayern in possession around the penalty area as the ball bounces and hits Diego Carlos’ shoulder for which the referee decides to issue a yellow card
🟨 | 90+3’ Booking, Diego Carlos, Elbow ball
🟨 | 90+4’ Booking, Jhon Durán
🗒️ | 90’+4 Harry Kane plays like he does for England and over promises but there is still time
🗒️ | 90’+5 Stunning stunning stunning save from Martínez to save a certain goal, the best ‘keeper in the World period.
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich

🟨 | 3’ Booking! (Manchester United), Christian Eriksen, Bad Foul
🚑 | 10’ Ezri Konsa is down, it looks like it’s game over for him
🔁 | 12’ Sub off, Ezri Konsa, Sub on, Diego Carlos
🟨 | 37’ Booking! (Manchester United), Harry Maguire, Bad Foul. United are a headless bunch.
🟨 | 41’ Booking! (Manchester United), Kobbie Mainoo, Bad Foul.
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🟨 | 59’ Booking! (Manchester United), Marcus Rashford, Bad Foul.
💥 | 62’ Rashford should have seen 🟥 another terrible tackle from United but the referee clearly doesn’t want the headlines
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 68’ Genuinely excellent free kick from Fernandes hits the top of the bar… not going in but still impressive
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🟨 | 87’ Booking! (Manchester United), Victor Lindelöf, Bad Foul.
💥 | 88’ The ref is fiddling with his technology and the match is delayed
💥 | 90’+2 Fiddle over, play restarts
❗| 90’+3 Chance! Jaden with a vicious goal bound shot assisted by Maatsen but a lucky turn of the defender’s back sends the ball out for a corner. That was a certain goal.
🟨 | 90’+4 Booking! Ross Barkley, Bad Foul.
🕒 | 90’+8 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United A really solid Villa performance ends. How many times have Villa put in a shift like that and come out unlucky losers against United? Too many to mention. Another point, heady times continue

🥅 | 5’ Goal Conceded! 0-1, (Fulham), Raúl Jiménez
⚽ | 9’ Goal! 1-1, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
❗| 13’ Chance! Morgan Rogers just wide from Leon Bailey’s pass
❗| 18’ Chance! Ollie Watkins shot from Youri Tielemans pass is kept out by Leno
💥 | 24’ Ball is fired directly at Matty Cash’s arm with no chance of retraction, handball but surely no penalty for that
🎥 | 25’ VAR awards penalty, unbelievably poor decision
⛔ | 27’ Penalty Save! Emiliano Martínez saves Andreas Pereira’s penalty and justice is sort of done
🟨 | 33’ Booking! Leon Bailey
❗| 42’ Chance! Morgan Rogers misses an certain goal from Jacob Ramsey’s pass
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal! 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Youri Tielemans
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🟥 | 64’ Sending Off! (Fulham), Joachim Andersen gets a straight red for a professional foul
⚽ | 69’ Goal! 3-1, Own Goal, Issa Diop
🟨 | 70’ Booking! Morgan Rogers, Bad Foul
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, John McGinn
🟨 | 83’ Booking! Lucas Digne, Bad Foul
🟨 | 88’ Booking! Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Bad Foul
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking! Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Bad Foul, Ridiculously soft and undeserved
🟥 | 90’+3 Sending Off! Jaden Philogene-Bidace for two soft yellow cards
🕒 | 90’+9 HT Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | 19’ Booking! (Bologna FC 1909), Riccardo Orsolini, Bad Foul
❗| 21’ Chance! Jhon Durán, Assist from Youri Tielemans saved by Skorupski
❗| 23’ Chance! John McGinn, shot saved by Skorupski
🟨 | 45’ Booking! (Bologna FC 1909), Stefan Posch
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Morgan Rogers, Assist from Leon Bailey saved by Skorupski
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bologna FC 1909
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Leon Bailey wide from Morgan Rogers’ assist
🟨 | 45’ Booking! (Bologna FC 1909), Charalampos Lykogiannis, Bad Foul
🟨 | 49’ Booking! Ross Barkley, Bad Foul
🟨 | 53’ Booking! (Bologna FC 1909), Remo Freuler, Bad Foul
⚽ | 55’ Goal!, 1-0, John McGinn
⚽ | 64’ Goal!, 2-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Morgan Rogers
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Jhon Durán, Sub on, Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🔁 | 77’ (Bologna FC 1909), Sub off, Dan Ndoye, Sub on, Samuel Iling-Junior (Villa loanee)
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Boubacar Kamara
❗| 86’ Chance! (Bologna FC 1909), Sam Beukema heads onto the post
❗| 90’+4 Chance! Jacob Ramsey one on one saved by Skorupski
🕒 | 90’+4 HT Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna FC 1909

❗| 3’ Chance! Morgan Rogers shoots over from distance
❗| 4’ Chance! Ollie Watkins after a superb cross into the box just can’t guide it in
❗| 7’ Lucky lucky Spurs with a huge deflection keeping their attack going
❗| 8’ Lucky lucky Spurs with a block from John McGinn’s strike
❗| 16’ Bentacur treads on John McGinn’s hand… are the Spurs fans calling for a prison sentence?
❗| 25’ Difficult last ten minutes from Villa, no fluidity, Spurs attacking with no real threat
❗| 30’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey’s shot is deflected over by an unwitting defender
❗| 31’ Woodwork! Amadou Onana clatters the ball against the post as he dominates in the air
⚽ | 32’ Goal! 1-0, Morgan Rogers
💥 | 40’ Shocking foul from Bentancur on Onana, no booking, send him to prison
❗| 43’ Chance! Ollie Watkins just wide
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 48’ Shocking foul from Bentancur on Rogers, no booking, surely the death penalty is deserved?
🥅 | 49’ Goal, (Tottenham Hotspur), 1-1, Brennan Johnson
🟨 | 55’ Finally Referee Pawson brings out the card after Porro hacks down Watkins… life sentence incoming
💥 | 56’ Bentancur is taken off before he is sent off, he shouldn’t be on the pitch
💥 | 58’ Another shocking tackle from Spurs, Romero chops down Rogers, carded, injured and substituted
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Diego Carlos
❗| 64’ Chance! An Austin McPhee special from Tielemans and Digne but Carlos gets in the way. Unlucky
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🥅 | 75’ Goal, (Tottenham Hotspur), 1-2, Dominic Solanke
🥅 | 79’ Goal, (Tottenham Hotspur), 1-3, Dominic Solanke
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Boubacar Kamara
🥅 | 90’+6 Goal, (Tottenham Hotspur), 1-4, James Maddison
🕒 | 90’+11 HT Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Aston Villa

❗| 11’ Chance! Watkins over from a Rogers pass
❗| 11’ Chance! Ramsey’s shot from a Tielemans pass is blocked
❗| 15’ Chance! Bailey heads over from a Tielemans assist
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Darwin Núñez, Leon Bailey fouls Salah in the build up, good job they scored or that would have been a red all day long
❗| 25’ Chance! Wide from Watkins after another Rogers pass
❗| 32’ Chance! This time Ramsey wide
🟨 | 34’ Booking! Morgan Rogers, Bad Foul
❗| 37’ Chance! Digne in, Onana heads for goal, saved
❗| 38’ Chance! Same again, Digne in, Carlos heads for goal, saved
❗| 38’ Chance! And again, Watkins heads for goal, saved
❗| 38’ Chance! 3 in a minute as Digne puts the ball wide form a Tielemans pass
🚑 | 45’ Jacob Ramsey is down getting treatment
🔁 | 45’+2 Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, John McGinn
🟨 | 45’+3 Booking! Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
❗| 46’ Chance! Rogers wide
💥 | 58’ Torres fouled in the box by Bradley, no penalty from referee Coote but it is clearly a foul
🎥 | 58’ VAR check incredibly does not overturn the onfield decision, that is shocking
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Boubacar Kamara
🟨 | 76’ Booking! Boubacar Kamara, Bad Foul
❗| 82’ Chance! Philogene over from a McGinn ball in
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah
❗| 88’ Chance! McGinn wide from Maatsen pass
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Ismaïla Sarr
🗒️ | 20’ Palace have been on the defensive since taking a shock lead but Villa just can’t make the pressure count
💥 | 23’ Will Hughes nobbles Rogers from behind, no booking
❗| 28’ Chance! Bailey to Watkins, near post save from Henderson
⚽ | 36’ Goal!, 1-1, Ollie Watkins on his 185th appearance scores from a John McGinn assist on his 250th appearance
❗| 39’ Chance! Bailey hits the bar from a Rogers cross
💥 | 43’ Bailey is fouled in the box
🎥 | 44’ VAR Check, penalty given
💥 | 45’ Missed penalty, Youri Tielemans, Dean Henderson saves
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-2, (Crystal Palace), Justin Devenny ridiculous good fortune for Palace, shades of Liverpool as Palace break from a corner and Villa have no cover.
❗| 45’+4 Chance! McGinn wide
🕒 | 45’+6 Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Matty Cash
❗| 48’ Chance! McGinn wide
❗| 48’ Chance! Rogers’ shot from Bailey’s pass is blocked
❗| 49’ Chance! Maatsen receives from McGinn and shoots but Henderson saves
❗| 50’ Chance! Maatsen again, Palace block again
❗| 50’ Chance! Maatsen turns provider, Watkins shoots, Palace get a block again
❗| 50’ Chance! Carlos now! wide
🟨 | 59’ Booking! Diego Carlos, Bad Foul
🟨 | 66’ Booking! Ian Maatsen, Bad Foul
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jhon Durán
❗| 75’ Chance! Watkins shot is blocked from Durán ball
❗| 75’ Chance! Barkley heads over
⚽ | 77’ Goal!, 2-2, Ross Barkley, Assist by Youri Tielemans
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
❗| 83’ Chance! A shot is blocked by Palace yet again this time Durán from Buendía’s ball
🟨 | 85’ Booking! Emiliano Buendía, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+7 Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace