🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ákos Ónodi, Callum Rowe, Dominic Revan, Mungo Bridge, Lamare Bogarde, Jake Walker, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ben Chrisene, Mamadou Dialla Sylla, Arjan Raikhy, Louie Barry
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Sadio Mané
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Louie Barry, Assist by Callum Rowe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Georginio Wijnaldum
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Ben Chrisene, Sub on, Brad Young 🟢 🔴
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), Sadio Mané
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-4, (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Arjan Raikhy 🔴, Sub on, Harrison Sohna 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Hayden Lindley 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Callum Rowe 🔴, Sub on, Sil Swinkels 🟢
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Jake Walker 🔴, Sub on, Teddy Rowe 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool

❗| 2’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Youri Tielemans
🟨 | 8’ Booking, Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🔁 | 16’ Sub off, Leon Bailey (Injury), Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
❗| 21’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Morgan Rogers
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Amadou Onana, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🟨 | 40’ Booking, Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Lamare Bogarde, Bad Foul
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Amadou Onana (Injury), Sub on, Ross Barkley
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Lucas Digne
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Facundo Buonanotte
🟨 | 74’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad Foul
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Kosta Nedeljkovic
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
💥 | 90’+1, 7 minutes of injury time signalled
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Jhon Durán, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Leicester City 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’ Chance! 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

🆘 | 10’ This pitch is an abomination, bouncing all over the place in front of the ‘keeper.
🆘 | 15’ The ball zips far too quickly across the surface making control impossible even for the home side who in these early stages are getting the benefit of the refereeing decisions as the Young Boys throw themselves to the ground more than Brighton under De Zerbi
🆘 | 17’ A shocking challenge from the Young Boy #7 attacker in the penalty area on Onana goes unchallenged.
💥 | 19’ Play restarts after Onana receives treatment
🆘 | 20’ Another shocking dive from a Young Boy sees a wide free kick awarded against Bogarde. The Bulgarian referee really needs to crack down here.
❗| 23’ Chance! Watkins chests down for the oncoming McGinn but his searing shot is off target.
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Youri Tielemans, Assist by John McGinn, A brilliantly worked corner routine ends in a super strike from Tielemans
❗| 29’ Chance! Watkins breaks clear but the awful surface sees the ball bouncing uncontrollably and out of his reach to the great good fortune of Young Boys. How UEFA have deemed this pitch as acceptable is a mystery.
🆘 | 32’ A young boy holds back and interferes with Emiliano Martínez as he prepares to release the ball. No action from the referee.
🆘 | 33’ Finally a booking for Niasse from the Bulgarian official after yet another Young Boy foul
❗| 34’ Chance! Watkins pings the ball in before it ricochets around and cleared by a desperate hoof
❗| 35’ Chance! Rogers strides forwards with the goal gaping but elects to play Watkins in and it’s cleared.
❗| 36’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey curls one in but the ‘keeper gets down to save
🆘 | 38’ Another shocking tackle but Villa break form their own half before the ball is played out to Digne who’s cross in sees the Young Boy ‘keeper concede what surely must be a penalty before Jacob Ramsey hurdles his team mate and dinks it in.
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-0, Jacob Ramsey, Assist by Ollie Watkins
❗| 39’ Chance! Villa break down the right and more last ditch, and fortunate defending keeps Watkins at bay as the pitch continues to be the 12th man.
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 3-0, Ollie Watkins reacts quickest as his initial shot is blocked to hammer it past the ‘keeper
🎥 | 45’ Astonishingly the goal is disallowed after 2 minutes for hand ball, despite the ball clearly hitting Watkins’s chest. A truly shocking decision.
🆘 | 45’+2 another foul in the Villa penalty area is finally punished with a free kick. Young Boys have been hugely lucky with a benevolent referee, they could have seen a red card on 17’, they should have seen a red card on 38’ and they are gifted a scoreline reduction. Villa should be 3 up playing 9.
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Young Boys 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Diego Carlos
🆘 | 46’ Cheikh Niasse is taken off before he’s sent off
🆘 | 46’ Another shocking tackle on Onana, another foot up, and finally a booking
🆘 | 47’ Another petulant tackle this time from the substitute on Jacob Ramsey
❗| 48’ Chance! Morgan Rogers breaks from midfield but shoots high and wide
❗| 51’ Chance! Villa playing some beautiful keep ball football before the final one two doesn’t quite come off
🆘 | 53’ The substitute Elia finally gets a yellow card after another studs up challenge from the Swiss
💥 | 56’ It’s all gone scrappy as Young Boys do an Everton and resort to hoofing it forward
❗| 57’ Chance! A lovely one two sees Digne clear in the box before a last ditch tackle prevents a strike on goal.
❗| 58’ Chance! Tielemans hits a speculative long one but it’s straight at the ‘keeper
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán as Watkins is given a rest from his battering…. Durán is a very different temperament … this could see fireworks
🆘 | 61’ Play acting from Young Boys sees their #7 attacker belatedly fall to the ground clutching his face after a legitimate from Onana, fair play to the referee, he ignores it completely.
❗| 63’ Chance! John McGinn can’t get the ball from under his feet as he shapes to shoot before Jacob Ramsey forces a finger tip save from the ‘keeper
🆘 | 68’ Clear retribution from the #7 attacker who elbows Onana, reminder he could easily have been red carded in the first 17’
🆘 | 68’ A foul on Jacob Ramsey sees the defender intentionally tread on his foot
🆘 | 69’ Now John McGinn is sent flying and he can’t help but remonstrate with a referee who has allowed the game to descend like this
💥 | 70’ Superb reaction save from Emiliano Martínez after Ezri Konsa is sloppy in possession
💥 | 76’ Morgan Rogers rides four fouls before finally being brought down
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 3-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Jacob Ramsey, Durán with a beautiful low curving shot from the edge of the penalty area
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Jhon Durán is booked for his celebration whilst Montero receives a caution for trying to start a ruckus
🎥 | 79’ Astonishingly yet again the goal is disallowed after 2 minutes for hand ball. Another truly shocking decision and both VAR and the Bulgarian referee had second looks before contriving to disallow it.
🆘 | 80’ The Young Boys centre forward falls in the area clearly trying to win a penalty off Carlos but the Brazilian is too cute for him
💥 | 83’ Brilliant defending from Ezri Konsa after his earlier error but he is brought down right in front of the referee as the attempts to start a counter attack and the referee ignores it.
❗| 83’ Chance! Morgan Rogers can’t get enough power into his shot and the ‘keeper saves
🆘 | 84’ Another Young Boys dive as Diego Carlos stands his ground and wins the ball before the player tries to con the referee
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 3-0, Amadou Onana, Assist by Youri Tielemans, Onana shouts for the ball and is teed up to perfection by Tielements before dispatching a low accurate strike beyond the ‘keeper. No way can that one be disallowed.
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ross Barkley
❗| 90’ Chance! Buendía does brilliantly by the byeline to bring the ball into the area before Jhon Durán’s shot is blocked
💥 | 90’+3 John McGinn slices a clearance before bulldozing into the loose ball and winning his side a throw, brilliant defending tom the captain at the end of a long hard night.
❗| 90’+5 Still Villa come riding the tackles serving some shocking challenges and a poor set of officials to open their Champions League campaign with a resounding win.
🕒 | 90’+6 FT Young Boys 0-3 Aston Villa

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Joe Gauci, Kadan Young
🕒 | 45’+2 HT Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal!, 1-0, Emiliano Buendía, Assist by Kadan Young
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Aidan Borland 🟢
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
⚽ | 85’ Goal!, 2-0, Jhon Durán (pen)
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Kadan Young, Sub on, Ben Broggio 🟢
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Travis Patterson 🟢
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 🟢
🥅 | 90’+5 Goal, 2-1, (Wycombe Wanderers), Richard Kone
🕒 | 90’+6 FT Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa

❗| 5’ Chance! Leon Bailey from an Emiliano Buendía assist
❗| 6’ Chance! Leon Bailey from a Jaden Philogene-Bidace assist
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Eberechi Eze
❗| 22’ Chance! Ian Maatsen from a Leon Bailey assist
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Jhon Durán, Assist by Emiliano Buendía
❗| 27’ Chance! Jhon Durán from a Boubacar Kamara assist
❗| 27’ Chance! Emiliano Buendía saved by Matt Turner
❗| 36’ Chance! John McGinn from a Tyrone Mings assist
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Boubacar Kamara shot blocked
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Jaden Philogene-Bidace shot blocked
❗| 45’+3 Chance! Leon Bailey saved by Matt Turner
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace
❗| 46’ Chance! Jhon Durán saved by Matt Turner
❗| 47’ Chance! Tyrone Mings from John McGinn assist
❗| 58’ Chance! Ian Maatsen shot blocked
❗| 58’ Chance! Jhon Durán wide
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-2, (Crystal Palace), Daichi Kamada from a defensive error
❗| 66’ Chance! Jhon Durán saved by Matt Turner
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Diego Carlos, Bad Foul
❗| 70’ Chance! Leon Bailey over
❗| 75’ Chance! Jaden Philogene-Bidace saved by Matt Turner
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Kadan Young
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Tyrone Mings, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+5 HT Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace

🥅 | 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

💥 | 10’ Arsenal player holding back Martínez at a corner
❗| 13’ Chance! Ian Maatsen shot saved by Raya
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Ian Maatsen, Bad Foul
💥 | 28’ Arsenal chance wide
❗| 32’ Chance! Ollie Watkins lob just over
🟨 | 32’ Arteta booked for typical sideline petulance, really poor stuff from him as usual
❗| 34’ Chance! Ollie Watkins shot blocked from Morgan Rogers’ pass
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli
🗒️ | Plenty of good fortune in that one but they all count, fumbled, nearly saved, frustrating
🚑 | 35’ Player injured on field of play, Amadou Onana
🔁 | 37’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
💥 | 39’ Arsenal chance over
💥 | 40’ Arsenal chance wide
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
💥 | 51’ Arsenal chance blocked
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Kai Havertz
⚽ | 60’ Goal!, 1-2, Youri Tielemans, Assist by Lucas Digne
❗❗| 61’ Huge Chance!! Youri Tielemans hits the post immediately after scoring
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Unai Emery, Kicking ball away
🗒️ | Shocking from Kavanagh booking Emery despite him just kicking the ball towards the player, ludicrous
💥 | 65’ Arsenal chance blocked
💥 | 65’ Arsenal chance wide
💥 | 67’ Arsenal chance wide
⚽ | 68’ Goal!, 2-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Matty Cash
💥 | 74’ Arsenal chance wide
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Boubacar Kamara, Bad Foul
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 82’ Arsenal chance blocked
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Leon Bailey
❗❗| 86’ Huge Chance!! Lamare Bogarde shot spilled and just saved by Raya from Leon Bailey pass
💥 | 87’ Arsenal player handballs ball into net
🆘 | 87’ Referee Kavanagh awards a goal!!! What???? Surely VAR will over turn it
🎥 | 89’ VAR correctly overturns a really poor onfield decision, not even close
💥 | 90’+1 Arsenal hit woodwork
❗| 90’’+3 Chance! Youri Tielemans shot wide from Lamare Bogarde pass
🟨 | 90’+5 Booking, Morgan Rogers
🕒 | 90’+8 FT Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa

❗| 6’ Chance! Leon Bailey header from Lucas Digne saved by Majecki
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (AS Monaco), Wilfried Singo
🗒️ | First attack, Martínez saves, Singo pounces
💥 | 14’ Monaco shoot wide
💥 | 15’ Martínez saves
❗| 17’ Chance! Leon Bailey shot from Matty Cash ball blocked
❗| 18’ Chance! Morgan Rogers over from Leon Bailey pass
❗| 31’ Chance! Lucas Digne free kick saved by Majecki
🚑 | 32’ Player injured on field of play, Ezri Konsa
❗| 37’ Chance! Leon Bailey shot from Ollie Watkins ball saved by Majecki
🚑 | 40’ Player injured on field of play, Ezri Konsa
🚑 | 42’ Play resumes
❗❗| 45’+3 Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins one on one saved by Majecki
💥 | 45’+4 Monaco shoot over
🕒 | 45’+4 HT AS Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa
❗❗| 47’ Huge Chance! Morgan Rogers shot from Ollie Watkins ball just wide
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Lucas Digne, Bad Foul
💥 | 55’ Foul on Morgan Rogers in the box, nothing given
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jhon Durán
❗| 59’ Chance! Matty Cash shot from Lucas Digne ball saved by Majecki
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
❗❗| 69’ Huge Chance! Matty Cash across the face of the goal from Morgan Rogers ball, just wide
💥 | 75’ Monaco shot blocked
💥 | 76’ Monaco shot saved
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Morgan Rogers, Bad Foul
💥 | 84’ Monaco shot blocked
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
💥 | 87’ Monaco shot wide
💥 | 89’ Monaco shot wide
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Boubacar Kamara
🕒 | 90’+5 FT AS Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa

⚽ | 3’ Goal!, 1-0, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
⚽ | 5’ Goal!, 2-0, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
❗ | Chance! Matty Cash shot from Morgan Rogers pass is blocked
❗ | Chance! Matty Cash long range shot is blocked
💥 | Backpass let’s in Celtic for a weak shot
❗ | Huge Chance!! Jacob Ramsey hits the post, hits the ‘keeper, bounces kindly for Celtic
🚑 | Player injured on field of play, Matty Cash
🔁 | 30’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, John McGinn
❗ | Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from Leon Bailey pass cleared off the line
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 2-1, (Celtic), Adam Idah
🗒️ | First attack, goal
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 2-2, (Celtic), Adam Idah
🗒️ | Second attack, goal
🕒 | 45’+5 HT Aston Villa 2-2 Celtic
❗ | 51’ Chance! Morgan Rogers & Jacob Ramsey combination cleared
❗ | 54’ Chance! Ollie Watkins snuffed out in the box
❗ | 54’ Chance! Morgan Rogers just wide from range
⚽ | 60’ Goal!, 3-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
❗ | 64’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from John McGinn pass, huge save by Schmeichel
❗ | 64’ Ollie Watkins fouled in box, referee awards a pen
🎥 | 66’ Pen confirmed by VAR
❌ | 67’ Missed penalty, Ollie Watkins 28
❗ | 71’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins, huge save by Schmeichel foot
💥 | Celtic wide
🗒️ | Third attack
❗ | 54’ Chance! Ollie Watkins snuffed out in the box
❗ | 77’ Chance! Ollie Watkins wide
❗ | 81’ Huge Chance!! Morgan Rogers from Leon Bailey throughball, huge save from Schmeichel
⚽ | 90’+1 Goal!, 4-2, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🕒 | 90’+4 FT Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Andrés García
❗| 2’ Foul! Jacob Ramsey fouled by a mass of Wolves players
❗| 3’ Tielemans free kick on target but doesn’t test ‘keeper
❗| 8’ Foul! Ezri Konsa barged to the ground
❗| 10’ Chance! Ollie Watkins can’t reach a ball from debutant Andrés García
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
🗒️ | First attack
❗| 14’ Chance! John McGinn shot deflected over
🟨 | 16’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
❗| 16’ Foul! John McGinn fouled, no booking
💥 | 22’ Wolves mount a second attack, put behind
🟨 | 28’ Booking, Morgan Rogers, Bad foul
💥| 36’ Martínez save, rebound wide
🆘 | Play allowed to carry on by referee Madley despite a clear foul in the build up
🚑 | 38’ Foul! Ollie Watkins fouled, down injured
🚑 | 39’ Ollie Watkins back on feet but struggling
💥| 44’ Wolves wide
🟨 | 45’+3 Booking, Lamare Bogarde, Bad foul
💥| 45’+5 Martínez saves
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins 🚑, Sub on Leon Bailey
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andrés García, Sub on Donyell Malan
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on Amadou Onana
❗| 53’ Foul! Morgan Rogers bundled over
⚽ | 54’ Goal! Donyell Malan, Assist by John McGinn
❌ | 54’ Referee Madley disallows goal for Malan offside
🎥 | 56’ VAR confirms no Malan offside but disallows goal for Rogers offside despite not being involved in play, VAR claims his offside caused an obstruction
🆘 | Absolute shocker from referee Madley and VAR, replays show no obstruction occurred
❗| 59’ Chance! Tielemans shot saved
❗| 64’ Chance! Leon Bailey shot blocked by own player
🆘 | 76’ 50/50 tackle outside the Villa box, referee Madley awards free kick to Wolves
🆘 | 77’ Easy save for Martínez and a foul in the build up, but what is this? Referee Madley orders a retake, what on earth
💥 | 78’ Wolves over the bar from the free kick that shouldn’t have been, twice
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on Kosta Nedeljkovic
❗| 87’ Chance! Donyell Malan shot saved
❗❗| 90’+1 Huge Chance! Donyell Malan shot saved
❗| 90’+3 Chance! Leon Bailey cuts inside, shot diverted for a corner
🆘 | 90’+3 Bottle thrown at Leon Bailey, interrupting his delivery, ‘keeper punches clear, referee does not order a retake, simply incredibel
❗| 90’+5 Chance! Tielemans over
❗| 90’+7 Foul! Morgan Rogers fouled but referee Madley allows play to continue
🥅 | 90’+7 Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Matheus Cunha
🆘 | Goal conceded directly from a foul
🕒 | 90’+7 FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa

⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Jacob Ramsey, Assist by Morgan Rogers (57 Seconds)
❗ | 14’ Chance! Andrés García charges forwards before shooting over
❗ | 14’ Chance! Donyell Malen shoots over from a Leon Bailey pass
❗❗ | 16’ Huge Chance!! Leon Bailey’s shot is saved at full stretch by Antonín Kinský
❗ | 19’ Chance! Youri Tielemans on the charge shoots over from Boubacar Kamara’s ball
❗ | 22’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey shoots wide from Donyell Malen’s pass
💥 | 25’ Emi Martínez thwarts Tottenham’s first attack as he saves from Son
🚑 | 25’ Ezri Konsa down with injury
🔁 | 27’ Sub off, Ezri Konsa, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🗒️ | The 11th time this season Villa have lost a player to first half injury and the 7th time in the last 10 games. And all the media can drivel on about is Spurs’ reserve injuries.
❗ | 31’ Chance! Leon Bailey’s shot from Morgan Rogers’ ball is parried by Kinský
❗ | 31’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey hits the post
🗒️ | Villa should be 2 up and wouldn’t look misrepresentative being 4 ahead. So easy.
❗ | 35’ Chance! Morgan Rogers charges through again following a Youri Tielemans pass but his shot is saved by Kinský
❗ | 35’ Chance! Donyell Malen shoots wide after another hot butter through knife break
❗ | 45’+2 Chance! Donyell Malen shoots fractionally wide from Leon Bailey’s throughball
🕒 | 45’+3 Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🗒️ | One way traffic from the first second to the last, Villa though should have a commanding lead to show for it
🚑 | 51’ Lucas Digne down with injury
🚑 | 53’ Lucas Digne returns to field of play
❗ | 58’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey shot saved by Kinský
🆘 | 60’ Perennial fouler Rodrigo Bentancur booked for his latest foul on Morgan Rogers
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0, Morgan Rogers
🗒️ | Villa finally add a second
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Donyell Malen, Sub on, Marcus Rashford 🟢
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on Marco Asensio 🟢
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
❗ | 70’ Chance! Youri Tielemans shot is blocked
❗ | 72’ Chance! Morgan Rogers just wide from Marco Asensio’s ball in
🗒️ | 74’ Sublime skills already from Marco Asensio, what a player
🆘 | 75’ Shocking, shocking refereeing from Taylor as Villa see Rashford clattered on the edge of the area in one of the most blatant fouls imaginable and the fool from Wythenshaw waves play on to the utter disbelief of everyone present.
❗ | 76’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey’s shot from Morgan Rogers pass saved by Kinský
❗❗ | 77’ Huge Chance! Jacob Ramsey’s shot from Marcus Rashford’s ball saved by Kinský
🥅 | 90’+1 Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mathys Tel
🗒️ | A totally undeserved, unmerited and simply misleading goal for Tottenham, really annoying to lose a clean sheet and not have at least 5 goals on the board.
🕒 | 90’+5 Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🗒️ | An easy easy win for Villa that could and probably should have been 7-0 on the balance of play however the game was notable for two things, the debuts, and the appalling refereeing on 75’. At some point the PGMOL needs to be investigated. Thankfully unlike his last dodgy performance, Taylor couldn’t influence the result.

💥 | 5’ van Dijk fires well over
💥 | 5’ John McGinn concedes a sloppy corner
💥 | 6’ Tyrone Mings blocks Jota’s shot
💥 | 7’ John McGinn plays Liverpool in, Jota wide
🗒️ | 10’ Axel Disasi maraudes forward, Morgan Rogers’ cross blocked
🗒️ | 12’ Marcus Rashford seeing the ball a lot but can’t get the final pass as Liverpool throw bodies at the ball
🆘 | 13’ Szoboszlai fouls Tielemans, referee Pawson awards the free kick
❗| 14’ Chance! Marco Asensio desperately defended by Konate before Alisson punches behind
🗒️ | 14’ Villa pressurising runaway leaders Liverpool
🆘 | 16’ Szoboszlai fouls Tielemans, referee Pawson does nothing, poor
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Marcus Rashford, Assist by Marco Asensio
🆘 | 18’ Linesman flags for offside, referee Pawson disallows goal
🗒️ | 19’ Emi Martínez comes off his line to clear
🗒️ | 20’ Emi Martínez comes off his line to block
🗒️ | 23’ Andrés García maraudes forwards and wins a corner
🗒️ | 23’ Corner taken but referee Pawson stops game
🟨 | 23’ Booking, Axel Disasi
🗒️ | 23’ Disasi booked for appearing to push professional irritant and serial diver Alexis Mac Allister in the face. Silly if understandable.
🗒️ | 28’ Andrés García maraudes forwards again before Mac Allister’s dark arts wins Liverpool a saving free kick
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah
🗒️ | Ridiculous goal, undeserved and emanating from a terrible ball from Andrés García into the penalty area allowing Liverpool to score with ease. To be fair he knew immediately he’d messed up.
🆘 | 35’ Liverpool continue time wasting, this time Trent Alexander-Arnold
🗒️ | 37’ Mac Allister’s dark arts wins another free kick, horrible player, typically Liverpool
🗒️ | 37’ Free kick for Villa after Rashford’s charge, comes to nothing
⚽ | 39’ Goal!, 1-0, Youri Tielemans
🗒️ | Villa deservedly get back parity as Liverpool can’t luck in to more desperate defending again and Tielemans hits a snap shot into the ground and net.
💥 | 40’ Jota shoots so wide it’s almost a throw in
🗒️ | That’s Liverpool’s first real chance of their own making since the 6’. Villa are more than a match for these.
💥 | 40’ Jones wide, much much closer
🗒️ | 42’ Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford combine but cannot connect
🆘 | 44’ Liverpool hoof it embarrassingly before Jota fouls Disasi, referee Pawson gives nothing
🆘 | 45’ Gravenberch fouls Morgan Rogers stopping his forward charge, referee Pawson gives nothing
🗒️ | 45’+1 Liverpool not coping with Villa at all well, Konate the latest to resort to desperate defending
⚽ | 45’+3 Goal!, 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Lucas Digne
🗒️ | Villa deservedly lead, wonderful cross from Lucas Digne for a cushioned Watkins header
🎥 | 45’+3 VAR Check… handball by John McGinn, although that was at least 3 passages of play before the goal, this is PGMOL & Liverpool though so….
🎥 | VAR confirms goal, phew, at last some commonsense, firstly it was not in the same phase and secondly Jota had kicked the ball at McGinn’s hand, not even close to being justification for a free kick let alone disallowing a goal 30 seconds later
🗒️ | Liverpool players surrounding the officials to complain, really really poor from the scousers, exactly how they were in the 70’s and 80’s, entitled fools who clearly do not understand the game. Still it is pleasantly surprising that the officials didn’t bow to the Liverpool mafia.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
❗❗| 51’ Huge Chance!! Lucas Digne with another fine ball puts in Marcus Rashford who charges at goal and gets his shot in with Alisson nowhere but Konate clears off the line
🗒️ | Liverpool have huffed and puffed in the last few minutes, a few corners come to nothing before a weak shot from Szoboszlai and an easy save for Emi
💥 | 60’ Jota’s shot lands on top of the bar
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 2-2, (Liverpool), Trent Alexander-Arnold
🗒️ | More ridiculous good fortune for Liverpool as a lucky bounce and deflection off Ollie Watkins allows a meandering Salah to get possession before passing to Alexander-Arnold who shoots wildly but it’s deflected past Emi Martínez off Tyrone Mings. Unbelieveably lucky.
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Andrés García, Sub on, Matty Cash
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Marcus Rashford, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Marco Asensio, Sub on, Donyell Malen
💥 | 69’ Nunez misses an open goal
🗒️ | If Villa had a season like 2023-24 then I seriously doubt they’d be behind Liverpool in the table, the visitors are a really overrated side, sitting atop the table due to a lack of competition and not their own endeavours
❗❗| 71’ Huge Chance!! Alisson needs a lucky save off his chest to prevent Donyell Malen restoring Villa’s lead.
🆘 | 71’ Bizarrely the linesman had put up his flag despite no Villa player being even close to being offside, very strange
🗒️ | 75’ Outstanding reading of the game from Emi Martínez who rushes from goal with incredible acceleration and simply picks the ball off the feet of Nunez. Villa really should win this.
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🗒️ | 78’ Morgan Rogers on a charge finds Donyell Malen and Liverpool kick it out in panic for a corner
🗒️ | 79’ Corner cleared, another corner won, Villa pushing and pushing
🗒️ | 81’ Villa’s latest corner cleared by Alisson who aimlessly hoofs the ball up the park to relieve the pressure
⚽ | 82’ Goal!, 3-2, Jacob Ramsey
🆘 | 82’ Linesman flags for offside, very very close, that’ll need VAR
🎥 | 82’ VAR Checks and confirms offside but that was hairline, Liverpool have dodged one there
🗒️ | 84’ The Vile Arne Slot is booked for complaining his side are being given a game, literally living off the back of Klopp, no-one believes this is your team Slot.
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🗒️ | 88’ Liverpool have a corner… so so easy for Villa and Emi Martínez
🗒️ | 90’+2 All Villa as Matty Cash’s delivery is hacked behind for a corner
❗❗| 90’+3 Huge Chance!! Tyrone Mings plays in Morgan Rogers who hits it over, should have been the winner
❗| 90’+4 Chance! Alisson desperate save from Matty Cash’s shot
❗❗| 90’+5 Huge Chance!! Donyell Malen should deliver a fully deserved win for Villa but his shot, excellent though it is, is just milimetres past the post with Alisson beaten
🗒️ | Villa so unlucky not to get the three points against the leaders
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool

💥 | 4’ Quick break and Neto shot blocked
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Enzo Fernández
🗒️ | Chelsea score from another quick break
🆘 | 10’ Fernández foul
💥 | 18’ Fernández heads wide
❗❗| 19’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from Marco Asensio ball saved by Jørgensen
🆘 | 20’ Fernández foul
❗❗| 21’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from Morgan Rogers ball blocked by Cucurella
🆘 | 22’ Neto foul
🆘 | 23’ Neto foul
🆘 | 23’ Persistent fouler Neto is spoken to by referee Oliver but no card produced
🆘 | 25’ Caicedo fouls Morgan Rogers before remonstrating with referee Oliver for no apparent reason
💥 | 27’ Fernández over
❗❗| 29’ Huge Chance!! Ollie Watkins shot from Youri Tielemans ball saved by Jørgensen
💥 | 31’ Emiliano Martínez gathers long range shot
❗| 32’ Ollie Watkins fouled in promising position, referee Oliver gives nothing
❗| 34’ Chance! Ollie Watkins side netting with Morgan Rogers free
❗| 36’ Chance! Jørgensen flaps Ollie Watkins can’t capitalise
❗| 41’ Chance! Ollie Watkins wide
🆘 | 43’ Matty Cash fouled by Cucurella, referee Oliver gives nothing
🚑 | 43’ Matty Cash down with injury
🗒️ | Ridiculous tackle from Cucurella
🚑 | 45’ Matty Cash returns to field of play
❗| 45’+2 Chance! Jørgensen saves
🆘 | 45’+5 Caicedo foul
❗| 45’+6 Chance! Morgan Rogers and Ian Maatsen breakaway but Chelsea’s mass defence holds
❗| 45’+7 Chance! John McGinn shot over
🕒 | 45’+7 HT Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Marcus Rashford
🆘 | 47’ Fernández foul
🚑 | 47’ Tyrone Mings down with injury
🚑 | 49’ Tyrone Mings returns to field of play
🆘 | 51’ Marcus Rashford wins a corner but referee Oliver & his assistant award a goal kick, so poor
💥 | 53’ Neto shoots very very wide
🗒️ | Villa playing lovely football but not making the breakthrough with Chelsea nothing like they were in the first 15’
🆘 | 56’ Fernández foul
🆘 | 56’ Enzo Fernández finally booked by referee Oliver for his latest foul
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-1, Marco Asensio, Assist by Marcus Rashford
🆘 | Referee Oliver disallows the goal for offside…. didn’t look it at all… can it go to VAR, who knows these days as they make it up as they go along
🎥 | 57’ VAR checking
🎥 | 59’ VAR finally awards the goal, as it looked not even close to offside
🆘 | Terrible officiating from referee Oliver to disallow the goal, they seem to just surrender to VAR and don’t care about the accuracy of their initial decision, PGMOL have a lot to answer for
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Tyrone Mings 🚑, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
💥 | 64’ Cole Palmer like Neto earlier shoots very very wide
🆘 | 66’ Caicedo foul
🟨 | 69’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad Foul
🗒️ | John McGinn’s 61st booking and his first offence, Chelsea meanwhile are becoming the dictionary definition of persistent fouling
💥 | 70’ Cole Palmer shoots over and wide
🚑 | 70’ Matty Cash down with cramp
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Matty Cash 🚑, Sub on, Andrés García
🆘 | 71’ Fernández foul
🗒️ | Nkunku the latest in the book for Chelsea for you guessed it… persistent fouling
🚑 | 72’ Morgan Rogers struggling after another poor Chelsea challenge
❗| 75’ Chance! Marcus Rashford shot from Youri Tielemans pass blocked
💥 | 76’ Palmer shot off the line by Ezri Konsa
🗒️ | Chelsea game plan is literally fouling and playing on the counter with pretty hopeless over optimistic shooting on sight, this game is Villa’s to win and deservedly so
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Donyell Malan
❗| 82’ Chance! Marcus Rashford free kick cleared by desperate last ditch defending
🆘 | 83’ Cucurella assaults Lamare Bogarde in the area, surely a penalty, no reaction from referee Oliver
🎥 | 83’ VAR checking, that has to be a pen
🎥 | 83’ VAR says no foul, no penalty, so how did Bogarde end up on the floor? Why not booked for diving if he wasn’t fouled. So so poor again from the officials.
🗒️ | Chelsea really flatter to deceive, for all their millions they have very little true quality, this is all Villa pass and move
❗| 88’ Chance! Marco Asensio shot from Andrés García ball wide
❗❗| 88’ Huge Chance!! Donyell Malen shot from Marcus Rashford pass saved by Jørgensen
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-1, Marco Asensio, Assist by Marcus Rashford
🆘 | 90’+1 Fernández foul
❗| 90’+3 Chance! Marcus Rashford shot from Marco Asensio ball blocked
❗| 90’+7 Chance! Leon Bailey shot saved by Jørgensen
🕒 | 90’+8 FT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

🗒️ | 3’ All Villa so far
🚑 | 8’ Ezri Konsa down with injury
🗒️ | 11’ Villa flying as Morgan Rogers and Andrés García the latest to put Palace under pressure
🚑 | 13’ Ezri Konsa down with injury, looked like an elbow from Mateta
🗒️ | 15’ Andrés García the latest to put Palace under pressure with a cross into the box, Guéhi clears
❗| 21’ Chance! Andrés García again, this time into Youri Tielemans but he can’t connect properly, wide
🆘 | 24’ Foul by Will Hughes not for the first time
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Jacob Ramsey, Assist by Ollie Watkins
❌ | 26’ Linesman flags for offside, referee Barrott disallows
🎥 | 27’ VAR confirms offside, no goal
🆘 | 29’ Referee Barrott incorrectly awards a corner to Palace
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Ismaïla Sarr
🗒️ | First attack, first shot on goal, from a corner that wasn’t. Palace score completely against the run of play, simply unbelievable
🗒️ | Villa have now conceded a goal from their opponent's first shot on target in 15 of 28 Premier League matches this season
🆘 | 32’ Foul by Will Hughes yet again
🆘 | 35’ Foul by Will Hughes yet again, finally attracting a booking from referee Barrott, given Hughes does this every time it’s a wonder the official wasn’t on it early, oh no it isn’t, that would require some sort of focus and commonsense from a PGMOL official
💥 | 38’ Save from Emiliano Martínez as Sarr could easily have got a second
🗒️ | 38’ Villa on the attack but Mateta hoofs clear, why do 1-11 Palace play like World beaters against Villa, a true bogey team
💥 | 40’ All Palace now, Mateta wide, Sarr involved again
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-1, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🗒️ | Bizarre, now Palace totally dominant, Villa score
🎥 | 43’ VAR still checking looks totally onside
🎥 | 44’ VAR disallows goal, what on earth
🆘 | 44’ More ridiculous officiating, they had to seatch for two minutes to find an offside that categorically wasn’t one
🗒️ | Palace are gifted a goal from a corner that should never have been, Villa are robbed of a goal that should have been. Wow.
🆘 | 45’+7 More filthy play from Palace as Muñoz deservedly booked
🕒 | 45’+5 HT Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Emiliano Martínez 🚑, Sub on, Robin Olsen
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andrés García, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🗒️ | Olsen conceded 5 on his last visit to Selhurst Park
💥 | 48’ Immediately total panic in the box in front of Olsen, why oh why have we never invested in a backup
💥 | 50’ Palace free kick, no save for Olsen to make as Palace defend it themselves, thanks lads
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-1, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🗒️ | Bizarre, same combination, another goal, let’s see….
🎥 | 52’ Even corrupt VAR cannot find a reason to disallow that one, Villa level
🆘 | 58’ Hughes off before he is sent off being replaced by fellow serial fouler Jefferson Lerma
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-2, (Crystal Palace), Jean-Philippe Mateta
🗒️ | Mateta, again, that’s five goals and three assists against Villa for a player who does neither. Embarrassing
🆘 | 63’ Jefferson Lerma foul, surprise
🆘 | 65’ Jacob Ramsey fouled in the box, looks a clear penalty but referee Barrott waves play on. surely VAR will check
🎥 | 65’ Wow that was less than a few seconds look and no penalty awarded, this is very very shady stuff
❗❗| 69’ Huge Chance!! Ezri Konsa hits the bar from Lucas Digne’s corner, should have scored
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 1-3, (Crystal Palace), Ismaïla Sarr
🗒️ | Teams know full well how to play against Olsen, shoot across him, he cannot cope, two goals capitalising on his and therefore Villa’s biggest achilles heel
❗ | 74’ Chance! Marcus Rashford on a charge, brings the ‘keeper out but can’t find an on-rushing team mate
🆘 | 75’ Jefferson Lerma foul, surprise, surprise
🆘 | 76’ Jefferson Lerma foul, surprise, surprise, surprise
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
❗ | 77’ Chance! Marco Asensio to Leon Bailey but he can’t find a pass either
❗ | 81’ Chance! Leon Bailey from John McGinn ball blocked
🗒️ | All Villa again but we are getting nothing from this
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Leon Bailey, Bad Foul
🆘 | 84’ Jefferson Lerma foul, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise
❗ | 86’ Chance! Morgan Rogers receives a ball over the top but Henderson comes off his line to save
🆘 | 87’ Jefferson Lerma foul, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise and finally booked by referee Barrott
🥅 | 90’+1 Goal, 1-4, (Crystal Palace), Eddie Nketia
❗ | 90’+6 Chance! Youri Tieleman’s header from Marco Asensio’s cross saved
🕒 | 90’+7 FT Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa

❗| 2’ Chance! Watkins in but his ball is cleared
❗| 7’ Chance! Leon Bailey can’t get to Marcus Rashford’s cross
❗| 9’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s free kick collected by ‘keeper Horvath
❗| 12’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s cut back put out for a corner
❗| 13’ Chance! John McGinn’s shot saved by Horvath
❗| 16’ Chance! Andrés García cross cleared
❗| 17’ Chance! Marcus Rashford can’t connect to Youri Tielemans corner with goal gaping
❗❗| 18’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins in, Horvath makes a great save to put it wide
❗| 19’ Chance! Ian Maatsen shoots wide
❗❗| 20’ Huge Chance! Youri Tielemans’ shot blocked
🗒️ | 22’ Villa utterly dominant but we’ve been here before, this pressure needs to be turned into goals and quickly
❗| 23’ Chance! Marco Asensio’s shot deflected wide
❗| 24’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s cross in too long for any onrushing Villa players
🆘 | 26’ Anwar El Ghazi chucks himself to the floor in Cardiff’s first attack, naughty, and was offside anyway
❗| 28’ Chance! Huge error from Horvath whose clearance hits Ollie Watkins but the ball falls kindly to Cardiff to clear - exactly the sort of error that Villa have been punished for all season, typical
❗| 32’ Chance! Andrés García cross taken by Horvath
🗒️ | 32’ 9 Shots, 3 on target, 21 touches in the box for Villa but nothing to show for it
❗❗| 33’ Huge Chance! Leon Bailey’s volley tipped behind for another corner (5th)
❗❗| 35’ Huge Chance! Lamare Bogarde breaks up play before setting Villa on their way, Leon Bailey crosses into Marcus Rashford but he can’t make full contact and goes over from close range… so so unlucky
💥 | 41’ Cardiff have an attack, Anwar El Ghazi well off target
💥 | 42’ Villa being Villa, Cardiff come again and claim another penalty, there was contact but the Cardiff man totally overacted, seen those given mind
❗❗| 44’ Huge Chance! Horvath saves Ollie Watkins’ shot from Marcus Rashford’s ball in
🗒️ | 44’ To not go in at half time leading would be very disappointing and a little concerning given Villa’s tendency to not keep clean sheets
🕒 | 45’+2 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City
🗒️ | 13 Shots vs. 2, 5 on target vs. 0, 6 corners vs. 0, 5 goalkeeper saves vs. 0, 31 touches in the box vs. 1, 67% possession. All set up for a quarter final place for Cardiff then.
❗❗| 49’ Huge Chance! John McGinn from Andrés García’s ball, saved by Horvath
❗| 50’ Chance! Andrés García’s shot deflected behind for Villa’s 10th corner
❗❗| 54’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins heads wide from Marcus Rashford’s cross
❗❗| 55’ Huge Chance! Marcus Rashford shoots from distance, Horvath saves before desperate defending clears the ball
🚑 | 57’ Cardiff’s centre forward clatters Ezri Konsa who goes down injured
🚑 | 59’ Ezri Konsa returns to the field of play but does not look comfortable, that’d leave Villa without a fit centre back in the entire club
❗❗| 60’ Huge Chance! Ollie Watkins shoots wide
❗| 61’ Chance! Ollie Watkins’ cross is gathered by Horvath
🗒️ | 19 Shots vs. 2, 7 on target vs. 0, 10 corners vs. 0, 7 goalkeeper saves vs. 0, 43 touches in the box vs. 1, 70% possession. Villa have to make this count.
💥 | 67’ Emiliano Martínez gets his first taste of action tonight as he gathers Yousef Salech attempt
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, Marco Asensio, Assist by Marcus Rashford
🗒️ | Villa finally score with their 21st shot of the game as Asension and Rashford combine for the third time in three games
🗒️ | Marcus Rashford has created six chances for tonight, equalling the most he ever created in any of his 426 matches for Manchester United (six vs Wigan in January 2024).
❗❗| 76’ Huge Chance! Marcus Rashford’s effort is cleared off the line after Ollie Watkins unselfishly crosses from Marco Asensio’s ball in
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 2-0, Marco Asensio, Assist by Leon Bailey
🗒️ | Marco Asensio’s 4th goal in 3 games and Leon Bailey’s first assist since October and only his 3rd of the season
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Marcus Rashford, Sub on, Morgan Rogers
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Marco Asensio, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
❗| 90’+2 Chance! Another Andrés García’s cross saved by Horvath, although it hasn’t affected the result it’s yet another ‘keeper coming to Villa Park and put in the performance of their lives, funny old game
🕒 | 90’+4 FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City

🆘 | 2’ Brugge’s first foul of the tie - Joel Ordóñez. Referee João Pinheiro | 🇵🇹 | immediately calls it, a refreshing change from the fool that was Tobias Stieler | 🇩🇪 | last time here
⚽ | 3’ Goal! 1-0, Leon Bailey, Assist by Tyrone Mings
🗒️ | Brugge made to pay for their cynical fouliing tactics at last as Leon Bailey capitalises on the free kick delivery from Youri Tielemans
🗒️ | 6’ Ezri Konsa on a forward charge before Brugge mess it up and put the ball out of play, they are rattled
❗ | 9’ Chance! Leon Bailey’s ball into Marcus Rashford is hit from a tight angle and Mingolet has to save
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 1-1, (Club Brugge), Maxim De Cuyper
🗒️ | Not in the game and they level, an unbelievably fortunate side these, just what Villa didn’t need, Brugge’s players were having to search for the game, the crowd would have got anxious, typical Villa letting a side off as Leon Bailey was caught for pace or maybe concentration as the left back went on to score
🗒️ | First shot on target yet again
🗒️ | 18’ Not much happening but Villa vastly superior all across the park
🆘 | 18’ Brugge offside, at least the officials are giving them this time
🗒️ | 20’ So frustrating to have conceded that goal, it was early but Villa looked like they could go through the gears, now there is more caution
🗒️ | 22’ Great defending from Axel Disasi as he holds off Tzolis before punching the air in delight… you like to see it
🆘 | 23’ Brugge foul - Maxim De Cuyper
❗ | 24’ Chance! John McGinn swings the free kick in but Brugge manage to clear
💥 | 25’ Brugge shot blocked
🗒️ | 30’ Villa completely in control of the pace and direction of the game, exactly as Unai would have wanted
❗ | 30’ Chance! Leon Bailey cuts inside - of course he does - but his shot is blocked and Mingolet grabs the loose ball
💥 | 31’ Good save from Emi Martínez, a strange side these, look totally out of their depth but shoot early and often and seem to get results from it
🆘 | 33’ Brugge foul - Raphael Onyedika
🗒️ | They’re taking the fouling in turns, sensible, but the ref is calling them
💥 | 36’ Brugge shot blocked by Konsa without much trouble but it came after a quick break following Morgan Rogers’ loose ball, Villa need to tighten up
🗒️ | Give them their due Brugge are exploiting the fact that Villa are playing without a genuine right back, hopefully Unai has confidence that we can keep it level before Cash comes on for the second 45’ to give us more balance and control on that side.
💥 | 37’ Hopelessly tame and over from a Brugge corner
🗒️ | They’re not a nice side to play against these, but the key is they actually aren’t very good, if Villa can step it up and dictate the way we know they can then this would be over.
❗ | 42’ Chance! Ollie Watkins heads Lucas Digne’s cross wide, his first sight of goal, more needed
🕒 | 45’+1 HT Club Brugge 1-1 Aston Villa
🗒️ | Curious first half brought to a conclusion quickly, Villa should have the measure of these, that they haven’t suggest we need changes at half time to assert authority, Cash and Asensio plus Kamara if they are all ok to play 45’ would be very sensible to give greater structure, more midfield authority and the link up play with the forward line.
🆘 | 46’ Immediate Brugge foul - Ardon Jashari
❗ | 51’ Chance! Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers combine but the striker is blocked off by the Brugge defence
💥 | 55’ Another powder puff shot from Brugge and Emi Martínez gets some catching practice
🗒️ | It’s just a mass Brugge defense and the occasional lightning quick breakaway and early shot from the home side. Villa really should confidently take control here.
❗ | 55’ Chance! Now Marcus Rashford and Morgan Rogers combine but the again the move is blocked off by the Brugge defence
❗ | 60’ Chance! Marcus Rashford’s ball in is scooped up by Simon Mingolet before a Villa player can reach it
🗒️ | 60’ another loose ball from Morgan Rogers leads to a breakaway but it’s simple stuff for Tyrone Mings and Emi Martínez to snuff it out, Brugge look a little lost here, the game is crying out for Villa to step it up
🗒️ | 64’ Unai Emery agrees here come 4 subs
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Axel Disasi, Sub on Matty Cash
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Marcus Rashford, Sub on Marco Asensio
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on Boubacar Kamara
❗❗ | 67’ Huge Chance!! Jacob Ramsey squares for Marco Asensio and Mingolet pulls off an excellent save
❗ | 67’ Chance! Matty Cash can’t make his follow up count
💥 | 69’ Under pressure from Tyrone Mings Brugge head wide
🆘 | 69’ Brugge foul - Ardon Jashari
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Unai Emery
🗒️ | Referee João Pinheiro | 🇵🇹 | who has had another good game so far books Emery, not clear why but maybe he just hates Brugge as much as the rest of us
❗ | 73’ Chance! Jacob Ramsey the creator again but Ollie Watkins can’t find the opportunity, incredibly quiet from him today, Rashford up top was worth a go surely?
💥 | 75’ Brugge shoot high and wide, that sort of thing was coming off in the first game, complete fluff from them with only Emi Martínez to beat
🗒️ | As expected it feels like there is a lot more authority from Villa since the changes, Brugge are still breaking and getting the opportunities but Villa are handling with ease right now
🗒️ | Not wanting to tempt fate but this is Brugge’ home leg, they expected the win to take an advantage to Villa Park. Villa conceding one to trail would be annoying but not the end of the World, a Villa draw or a goal would be a superb half time score. Only conceding a couple would be a disaster.
💥 | 81’ Brugge wide
⚽ | 82’ Goal! 2-1, Brandon Mechele o.g.
🗒️ | And there it is! Morgan Rogers with an unplayable cross and a lovely og from Mechele
❗| 86’ Penalty!! Referee João Pinheiro | 🇵🇹 | points to the spot after a foul on Matty Cash
⚽ | 88’ Goal! 3-1, Marco Asensio, pen
🗒️ | What a good game Referee João Pinheiro | 🇵🇹 | has had, not just because we are winning but because he has correctly punished Brugge for what they deserved in complete contrast to the Group Stage game under the woefully bad Tobias Stieler | 🇩🇪 |
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Olloe Watkins, Sub on Lamare Bogarde
💥 | 90’+3 Brugge high & wide, funny
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa
🗒️ | A horrid side, horrid crowd, horrid tactics and an underlying unpleasantness around the whole club, arrogant inferiority it seems. So this is an incredibly pleasing victory on a great many levels. Now to finish the job off at home.