The score in the first half between Aston Villa vs Tottenham was 0-0. Even though Aston Villa were playing at home, but they seemed overwhelmed when they faced Tottenham, where it was Tottenham who dominated the match with 70% possession of the ball. Aston Villa tends to play defensive football and wait for opportunities to launch counterattacks. There are indeed some auspicious looking opportunities that they got from Counterattack but if they keep relying on it, I think Tottenham will find a way to score goals because with so much space that Tottenham has when building attacks, it will provide lots of opportunities for them.
The game ended with 4 goals for totemham. Spurs has already humiliated aston villa. Villa is in the process of declining from its peak performance, and this sounds bad for the Villa because it may lose a spot to qualify for UCL next season. Ange's main goal is to enter UCL next season. There's no a better target than it.
Aston villa played so awfully against totenham and that's shitty performance from aston villa attackers. The defensive line is also playing so badly in this match. They have their standard degraded a lot caused by aston villa consistently losing the game in EPL.
Villa played low block, but it was very inconsistent in defending. The attack was also lazy, helping their defenders block the counterattack from Tottenham. There was also a moment when Villa's attacker was only standing after he lost the ball.
This is something that needs to be corrected by the club. Aston Villa was rarely making chances in this game. Totenham created 4 goals from 5 shots on target, which has proven how weak Villa's defensive line is. This club isn't running out of fuel.
I hate to say this but villa is playing like a mediocre team. This is the fact. it's unacceptable to lost 4 goals at home without even score a single goal against totenham.
Such a defeat by Aston Villa in a home match was very unexpected. Aston Villa have been a strong team this season. They were in good form. But the team's performance has been erratic in recent times. After today's defeat against Tottenham, Aston Villa's chances of finishing in the top four of the table are slim. Aston Villa is just two points ahead of Tottenham. However, if Tottenham can win their next match against Fulham, they will be able to occupy the third place in the table.
In today's away match against Aston Villa we only saw the dominance of Tottenham players. Tottenham players have 70% ball possession. Tottenham didn't attack too much but every attack was very strong today.
Liverpool are playing very carefully against Manchester City today. We didn't see any attack from Liverpool in 20 minutes. Klopp is playing defensive strategy today. But I don't think it is possible to win against an experienced team like Manchester City by playing defensive strategy. Liverpool's players must attack and score goals. If not, chances of Liverpool winning the match are low.