How Aston Villa DOMINATED Manchester City

[@MindSurf248]

As always mate absolutely wondeful tactical analysis and so glad to see someone calling out how good villa were in more than a cursory 30 seconds. You can always spot the people who genuinely love tactics.

[@FourFourTwo]

Thanks Ian!

[@T_K_W]

Thanks for giving our players props, there's this weird attitude towards Villa that our players just aren't that good as we haven't spent £100m+ on them. Like, am I taking Caicedo or Enzo over Luiz? Absolutely not. Our midfield cost £17.5m but there are very very few players who have been better in the entire league.

[@joegittens2696]

Kamara and Tielemans for free is nuts considering how good they are. 15 and 2 mil for McGinn and Luis respectively and obviously our how grown JJ.

[@claudiomutua3232]

Villa are good and properly so. Every single one of Villa players could get into City or Arsenal, and I am picking all of them over any United, Spurs or Chelsea player. Proper coaching works and Villa are proving it once again. Hopefully, you can keep all your players over the next few seasons because a season or two together and nobody can know how good they'll be.

[@jefri4176]

Mcgin is the best midfielder in villa for me but Luiz,Tielemans and Kamara are equally important and does their role well. We are a little weak without Kamara against Bournemouth. Need cover for him Luiz keep ticking the ball around and occasional dangerous forward pass Tielemans is getting better and better,get into dangerous position and those killer ball. Mcgin has many killer ball as well and the way he shield the ball is awesome. I wouldn't swap any of villa midfielder for anyone,maybe except Declan rice. Enzo and Caicedo are crap,worth maybe 10 mil pound the most.

[@claudiomutua3232]

I like the Konza kid in defence too ! Going to be an England starter in the next 2 seasons esp considering that he's a good on the ball, pacy, centerback who plays fullback, which appears to be the fancy now.

[@jefri4176]

​@@claudiomutua3232not a chance Konsa will be a starter for england under Southgate. Maguire will always be Southgate no 1 lover 🤣🤣🤣

[@lovebleeds8785]

Respect for this analysis, its nice to see someone giving us credit for our performance rather than saying the opponent was poor. Fair play mate!

[@_vernon]

I’ve watched every Villa game for years and years attended every game where I can.. that performance against Man City was the best performance I’ve ever seen from a Villa team.. absolutely outstanding from start to finish. Acute signings on brilliant business.. excited for the January window now & the rest of the season. UTFV.

[@maplin007]

Still trying work out why we got Zaniola over keeping Bidace though

[@_vernon]

@@maplin007 all the youth we sold have buy back clauses, they all needed regular minutes and not 10 minute cameos

[@maplin007]

@@_vernon I know mate but Zaniola has had lots of chances and bidace was the standout in pre- season in hindsight seems a poor decision but hey it’s one against many positives

[@_vernon]

@@maplin007 I do agree, out of the youth Bidace looked the sharpest and most ready but also if Buendia wasn’t injured he wouldn’t have Zaniolo I don’t think so it knocks Bidace back another peg in terms of getting into the team

[@maplin007]

@@_vernon Yep but then zaniola has been an outright flop, the 1st for a long time.

[@T33K4Y]

don't think there's a city fan who'd disagree with the points mentioned in this video, i think you're 100% spot on here. we were absolute shite but it's due to villa playing so well.

[@Tomc_vodslam]

Respect, not many people are humble in defeat. I think if you had Rodri it could have been a different outcome, he is special.

[@brendanmostek4723]

​@avfc_tomc totally agree, rodri is insane and it shows whenever he doesn't play. We need a proper backup for him though. We've been crippled by him getting cards, it would be so much worse if he were injured

[@nemetron9506]

It was a thrilling match to watch as a neutral. Villa were fantastic

[@kimbob5]

You are right, all those players are immortalised in Villa folklore 💜💙

[@Kurtsw87]

Nice to see genuine praise and thoughtful analysis regarding Villa. Ignoring the fact we've had 4 of our first XI missing basically all season, we beat teams and the media play the 'injury' card for them, and it feels very disrespectful. I think it's certainly the best 90 minutes from Villa since we gained promotion, and I'd argue one of the most complete performances by a full XI that I've ever sen from a Villa side.

[@dansheshe8039]

Who been out

[@ethanwright9122]

@@dansheshe8039 buendia- acl like 2 days before the league started. Mings- acl first half of the first game of the season. Moreno and Ramsey both had long term injuries and are just returning to the squad. All four of them were almost guaranteed starters last season

[@captainhindsight6994]

As a villa fan, its hard for me to put this win as our best since promotion. On one hand, we battered city in every sense of the word except in the goals department. As a performance, this was the best. However i struggle to pick it over the 7 2 against liverpool. The fact we scored 7 against the then defending champions is mental. Both are joint first i suppose for different reasons

[@Do27gg]

Said it before the season that whoever wins the league this year will deserve it, most competitive in a while.

[@connellmchugh4943]

Really appreciate your comments about the Villa…totally overlooked by the mainstream press. Man City are an amazing team and we really went for them…Arsenal play differently and it’s going to be another massive ask of the Villa players. Your analysis is great and helps when I’m watching a game: Merry Christmas UTV

[@Alfredsson14]

The greatest Emery's success is that he made the players believe they can compete with everyone in the league

[@Mark-bx5uu]

Diego Carlos has decided to keep Haarland for a few days. He's taken him out his pocket and put him in a nice little box on his mantlepiece.

[@maplin007]

You cannot discount that this team mostly formed under dean smith as a very young side are coming of age. Unai has taken them to another level incredibly but that would not be happening if he’d walked into many other prem clubs as fast I think. To think we have been without several other of Smiths players Mings, Ramsey and Beundia all season shows you how good we are becoming. Mcginn when on form is absolutely unique in his style , players can’t work out how he turns them so easily, what’s really impressive is his vision while pirouetting his way past players to deliver a killer pass. As a Villa fan I cannot believe the progress since promotion.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

McGinn is something else. His low centre of gravity (😏) throws them allll off

[@brownrob]

Hi I randomly saw your video I just had to say thank you great analysis especially for you saying as a neutral villa won the match not man City loosing.

[@amlmorris]

Very very good tactical analysis,a great insight for your average fan in getting to grips with fully understanding the way the game paned out & how it came to the final scoreline. Fantastic!..... up the mighty Villa!!!!!......💜💙⚽✌️😎👍😜

[@QuentinKarentino]

Unai Emery, you rock my world, absolutely class vid mate. 💜

[@T.E.S.S.]

Love to see Villa thriving (and I'm not even a fan!)

[@billclarke7893]

“Giving the due credit” the perfect phrase why these explanation videos are so good, making numbers entertaining.

[@moze2234]

Great analysis mate! Villa this season have turned into a lone wolf, really getting underrated by the media

[@roberthadley1717]

A very well put together analysis of the game.Villa were excellent from start to finish.Amazing what a good manager and coaching staff can do with essentially the same team apart from a couple of players that the previous manager and coaches could not do.

[@sarchakrya3887]

There're a lot great works form villa but what makes me shock the most is how they managed city to have only 2 shots while both shots came since the early stage of the match😮

[@jefri4176]

Mostly because city don't dare to do forward passes with their defender in midfield 😅. Villa were tight and force man city to just keep passing around 😅🤣🤣

[@sarchakrya3887]

@@jefri4176 Like Spain in WC 2022😂

[@Juiced_Lemons]

What the two things I noticed is that Aston Villa were just better in the Midfield which is rare to say. Grealish and Rodri were big misses for controlling the tempo of games. Rico Lewis and Julian were getting bullied and losing the ball so often

[@darrenjpeters]

Grealish is shit. If he was as good as he thinks he is, he would be playing for Real Madrid. Maybe if he wore some shorts that had a bit of room in them he'd be quicker, but I don't see that happening with old lover boy.

[@groom84]

You forgot KDB.

[@Juiced_Lemons]

@@groom84 yea but hes gonna be out for a while so I didn’t want to say him.

[@dansheshe8039]

Yeah they missed them both badly

[@mholisiya]

This was a good analysis of the game keep up the good work👏

[@GriffsUp]

Such an insightful video. Really interesting stuff. Probably the best Villa performance I've ever seen in person, incredible. UTV!

[@daflinch-brawlstars5066]

Congrats to Villa A big win

[@jlacko]

“Floppy head spaniel with a scent of sausage in it’s nose” is the top sport’s analysis quote of 2023.

[@andrewoconnor890]

Thanks . For someone actually giving us praise

[@bythecliff]

I think Pep underestimated Villa. You have Kovacic, Nunes, Phillips on the bench and yet you play a defender as the CDM. If anything that's an insult to Villa. Serves him right.

[@barryh.4220]

Kovacic , Nunes and Phillips shouldn't even be at this great club, never mind taking up space on our bench, or in our midfield!

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@barryh.4220at least they’re actually midfielders!

[@logic1716]

You've got a new subscription from 🇯🇲

[@liamhill5078]

Loved the analysis but tielmens played cam or cf and Bailey was on the right

[@finding_aether]

Unai Emery comes to EPL and beat Pep using the good o' 442

[@JohnBryce26]

The secret for me was the shirts. Most of the time I didn't knew who was who :D

[@habzzz]

THANK YOU! Acknowledge Villa!

[@MusicJunkieVideos]

Your analysis is something else. It makes the so called pro pundits on MOTD etc... look stupid. I really hope that one day people like yourself can use the game footage. Would be amazing!

[@austin33785]

As a city fan it was insane but very entertaining to see city get routed. We are not playing to form this season. I don't anticipate us winning this year.

[@daveys1756]

We did beat the then Premier League champions 7-2...but even then this was a better team performance

[@flyingwhale-666]

This is the one time when I throw my towel in and say, "Yes. We were shit" because we were.

[@midamida915]

Another amazing analysis video, so concise and easy to understand

[@tobbzio97]

More villa videos please

[@sjwbond2]

As a villa fan, the answer is much simpler than this, how did they do it: Rodri wasnt playing.

[@thetopfootycoach]

Great analysis, they absolutely dominated them, was like peak Barcelona at times, just lacking the goals heh

[@pakistanstar4142]

Subscribed as i love 4 4 2 😂😂😂❤

[@kiluazeoldick]

Make another one. HOW ASTON VILLA DESTROYED ARSENAL!

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

Aston Villa had Man city 4v4 time and time again. The key for Arsenal will be to make sure that when Aston Villa are passing it around at the back they keep the back 4 and Rice behind Kamara, Luiz and the front 2. Because as soon as the press comes in, they will hit it long or play it fast through McGinn and Baily and have that 4v4 fast break. The key to beating Villa is not to press too aggressively, because they stay at home with the back 6 + the goalkeeper and it is really tough to press the ball off them. If you get impatient then the ball goes over the top and you are 4v4 again. It is a very simple and effective tactic, and not unlike the one Man Utd sir Alex used to use to hit people on the counterattack, although they transitioned out of defence quicker to get their 3v3s and 4v4s. The press wasn't as much of a thing back then. My guess is that it is going to be 0-0 or one goal will win it. Depending who makes the mistake. I don't think Villa will win the title, but they are a solid top 4 and a dangerous opponent for all the top sides, simply because I think they will drop too many points to the teams lower down the division that park the bus and wont play into their tactics.

[@aviationtrainsfc1]

Correct

[@ethan8378]

Seeing villa actually getting credit for their success instead of titles like "villa lucky for this that and the other"

[@AZTATS]

Just shows how clever unai Emery

[@wandile.dlamini_]

9:31 there's really no other way of saying it😂

[@01bigtrev]

When the system works perfectly like it did and everyone is on their game it nullifies the opposition and then you get comments like that said team was playing poor.

[@theduftmeister]

1:08 glanced at middle of screen and saw G.Luiz in midfiled, who the fk is G Luiz?. It's Dougie, not George etc. Then I realise my eyes are knackered as it's a 6. 🧐 great vid.

[@waynedwb]

0.00 XG after 12mins 😂😂 wow!

[@United_Wings]

I'm loving the Prem

[@matthewmarshall5291]

Great analysis. Much apprexciated.

[@KingAsterfy]

Crazy how Pep went from teams filled with midfielders to fielding a team with no midfielders at all

[@gdeclarke]

Good analysis of how we were bossed by Villa. Fair play to them, they were far the better team, and I haven’t seen City battered like that in years.

[@Yodeleh]

As a city fan, I can't see how pep can play Akanji as a pivot and still expect the same results as if a proper midfielder was playing there. Kovacic and Phillips aren't great, but they would do the job to compliment the other great players we have.

[@1ondon272]

I am genuinely curious why this tactic for Villa aint working away from home, I mean they literally turned villa park into a fortress but have been up and down away from home.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

A lot of other teams have good home form too so that’s how it tends to work out

[@ethanwright9122]

genuinely our away form isnt as awful as people make it out to be, especially as half of our away games this season have been against top half teams. We've won 3, lost 3 and drew 2, performances have definitely not been at the level of our home games, but thats not a surprise. Most teams perform better at home. If we continue current PL form for the rest of the season (obviously unlikely, lot of potential issues, especially if we continue progress in Europe), we will end on 83 points, which would put us in the top 3 in the league, based on the last 5 seasons.

[@roryjp579]

Great analysis. Should have been more, score flattered City. They got dominated start to finish. Villa are miles better as individuals and as a team than anyone gives credit for.

[@jaywilliams9187]

Mcginns new nickname is bravearse 😅

[@micowilliams9084]

Spurs and Ange needs to take notes

[@steverafferty4114]

Wow this is a brilliant explanation of the game. Uni and his 4 central midfielders across the middle is genius. 4 v 3 when the 4 do nothing but play central has won Villa so many games. When we get the away set up right and upgrade a couple of players then 😮. City got away with a 1-0. Means nothing if we lose to Arsenal

[@alegbekehinde8753]

Loki cooking up something at Villa

[@davehooper5115]

Brilliant video loved it

[@Mark-bx5uu]

Great video and explanation 👍

[@TheBeeseven]

Brilliant analysis. I'm old school and i just look at it simply. We were really good and they were shite. But hey what do i know 🤷‍♂️

[@dmuzz81]

The 7 - 2 against champions Liverpool is right up there too

[@markegbe6410]

Why have i been eagerly waiting for your post on this i keep check the notification and your channel 😂😂😂

[@FourFourTwo]

Sorry it's late 😅

[@grahamnewton4381]

Another good video. Do you think City changing their style to accommodate Haaland is at least in part, to blame for their current form. They went from a free flowing team to one whose objective was to get the ball to Haaland and last season showed how successful that was. However losing Gundogan and Mahrez, De Bruyne being out and Phillips not good enough has highlighted a weakness in that stopping Haaland getting the ball stops city.

[@denniswaweru9340]

I think their best win since returning is the 7-2. But they were amazing against City and should have scored way more

[@GarythB]

Generally Villa fans don’t think so - last season at home to Newcastle (3-0) was a better performance. The Liverpool game was built on making the most of errors, and had moments where Liverpool played well. What was most striking about Wednesday night was that Villa did to City what they themselves have done to weaker teams countless times… completely dominated the match and eventually got the goal that had been coming since kick off.

[@dislecsyk991]

Just to kind of echo what he (^) said, that 7-2 was spectacular, but I'm not even sure it was our best performance of that season. The 3-0 away at Arsenal a couple of weeks later was arguably better. The home game against Newcastle last season was staggeringly good and better than either of those two. I didn't think I'd see us top that, but then Wednesday night happened.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@dislecsyk9916-1 against Brighton was fun too, but a bit jammy. It was a deserved win but an exaggerated scoreline.

[@dislecsyk991]

@user-ed7et3pb4o Yeah, I agree with that, and have been criticised on some Villa pages for pointing it out. They were all over us at the start of the second half, then Watkins added our fourth from nowhere and that sealed the game. First half was brilliant, but we were lucky that Brighton were so wasteful and only took one of the hat-full of chances they had in those first 15 mins of the second half. I don't trust Pau Torres yet. He had a great game on Wednesday and his distribution is brilliant, but he has more defensive errors in him than Mings. Similar could be said for the West Ham game, as well. We deserved to win, but Watkins also scored from nowhere in that game when we were under pressure, to make it 3-1.

[@eeeee-jv6sv]

Great video

[@jonathanbolger6173]

Great analysis

[@hssIceland]

So the pass maps show any passing lanes that have more then 5 passes between players (At least I think it's 5) so that means no 2 City players made 5 passes or more between each other in the Villa half!!!! Oh and City didn't have a shot (On or off target) in 90 minutes of football (Including Injury time)!

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

Think it showed average positions first, then passes from those positions

[@christianc.2664]

Only game that has a case to be best since we came back to the Prem is when we thrashed Liverpool 7-2. UTV!

[@steviepearsall]

Arsenal 3-0 was a better performance than the 7-2. This City one, though, was the best of the lot, probably the best in my lifetime

[@georgefalconer9470]

I know Villa are being praised for this performance massively, but I still don't think that's enough. They completely stopped Man City at everything, and they're fluidity going forward is like watching Brighton Vs Luton, but instead against Man City. The best performance I have seen since Man City Vs Madrid in the Champions league semi finals, perhaps it's even better.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

Definitely better. Madrid got lucky. Villa never gave City a chance.

[@georgefalconer9470]

@@user-ed7et3pb4o Sorry I mean City beating Madrid 4-0 last year

[@iblaze1085]

Pep : Yea..Guess i need Fullbacks

[@brock4291]

There isn’t a metric for sticking your big ass out and shielding the ball 😅

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

This game was won with John McGinn’s arse

[@Ste-fi8rn]

Youri tielemans wasn't the wide man it was bailey

[@barryh.4220]

It will be Interesting to see whether Villa are actually good enough to win the return game at the Etihad (or lose it, as usual) .... and whether they are consistent enough to actually finish ABOVE City in the table at the end of the season!

[@mattthornber5920]

You can't win them all eh?😉

[@NathanBarley1]

Villa are having the season the media are pretending Spurs are having

[@adb9125]

Pleeease do the video on Martinez being the best goalkeeper in the world. My friend can't stand him and I'd find it hilarious.

[@thepeopleslibrary9345]

So a 4 triple 2 pretty much like the redbulls system? Turn it over blaze through the middle.

[@christopherosazuwa1260]

This lose made me depressed 😥😥😥😥. I can't wait to see city learn from their mistake and go back to winning ways

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

😂 so spoiled

[@tetaball9210]

In other words, City got cooked 😂

[@barryh.4220]

Let's see who gets roasted in the return fixture !

[@DemarioJohnson-oi9ev]

@@barryh.4220be careful what you wish for

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@barryh.4220don’t worry, we won’t play the same game plan twice!

[@rolef6084]

I slightly disagree w some of your insight, bailey felt much more as that wide player that tucks inside while tielemans was much more narrow then mcginn for example and was to the left of bailey, and he almost played like a second striker

[@stethal1989]

Great video but common, are you really suggesting that Luiz is better than Rice?

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

They’re both good and neither is clear of the other.

[@stever8669]

Villa were too physical for City. Some refs allow it others don't. Pep should have subbed players based on size to even things up.

[@mrsensible3560]

“Their best win since they returned to the premier league.” So we’re just ignoring the fuckin demolition job we did on Liverpool then?

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

That was luck, this was tactics.

[@Keinho7]

Luiz the best 6 in the league? I want what he’s on

[@rajahkhonai]

Used Bailey's face and didnt speak much of his prrformance. Why?

[@lindilebangose7667]

Pep has zero trust in Nunes and Kovacic 😅 it's insane

[@jeffbezos2570]

villa fans need a humbling

[@Cafez27]

Of course, hence the point it was the weakest City team in 10 years, especially in midfield. People got this horribly wrong, he had 3 midfielders on the bench!!!

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

Kalvin Phillips would’ve been better than Alvarez in that position

[@rmnkhr]

Basically what Rangnick's been tryin to do in United if only the players werent so lazy and uncoachable

[@fillipe4700]

Could've been way worse for City

[@BrandonRobinson-zz8zf]

Arsenal did the same thing in October one short answer Rodri

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

Except Arsenal didn’t do the same thing. They didn’t dominate the same way.

[@piggyback131]

our best win was destroying liverpool 7-2. But this is a close second. In terms of performance, this was our best ever. We made treble winners look like they are relegation strugglers.

[@szpyrk0]

Id say this one was a little bit better. We were super lucky with some bounces (we world have won that anyway im pretty sure). But here against City, it was just a brutal tactical destruction

[@allovdem]

Tell me you don't know ball without telling me you don't know ball 😂

[@dislecsyk991]

The 7-2 was great, but I've always felt that the 3-0 away at Arsenal a few weeks after was a better performance. The 3-0 at home to Newcastle last season was the best I had ever seen a Villa team play in over 30 years of watching them, until Wednesday night.

[@piggyback131]

@@szpyrk0 yes, that's exactly what i meant. The only disappointment against man city was that we did not win 3-0 or 4-0. The 7-2 at liverpool, we didnt play anywhere near as well as we did againt man city, but we took our chances. Was a better win, not a better performance.

[@piggyback131]

@@allovdem please teach me.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Never seen City so bashed up the 💩er so hard since peps first season.

[@affy5337]

Everyone celebrates when city loses 🫡

[@syedolid5140]

It is just bad dream for city please do not think overhead city is still king of world right now

[@MrChazstick]

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