Fixture…
Sunday 9th February, 17:35
Aston Villa Vs Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup – 4th Round
Available On…
UK TV – BBC 1
IRE – Premier Sports 1
Result: 2-1 (Aston Villa Win)
J. Ramsey (1′)
M. Rogers (64′)
M. Tel (90’+1)
Match Report…
Well there was little magic from this Spurs outfit but for a spark late on after a lovely curling cross from Kulu and a nice finish from Tel.
This 90th minute goal was only ever going to be a consolation though after Villa took an early lead in the 1st minute when Ramsey was left clean through on goal and Kinsky was less than impressive with his save attempt.
Most people will point the blame to Porro for the goal as it did come from his side with him nowhere to be seen. Of course this is a fair argument and many of our goals have been conceded this way all season but if your 2 centre half’s choose to mark the same Villa player then it is inevitable their will be a spare Villa player on the far side. It doesn’t seem to matter which centre half pairing we have it is the same defensive mistakes being repeated so once again that can only point to Ange’s no clue football.
Kinsky was kept pretty busy for most of the game with Spurs constantly being found out at the back and it was a matter of time really before Villa found the back of the net again. This came following a failed clearance from Porro which left for an easy tap in and this will only add further fuel to the growing Porro critics.
Personally I like Porro when he’s going forward but it’s fair to say he’s not the best defender in the world lol and the fact that Ange hasn’t identified him as a defensive liability yet is beyond me. He would be better suited as a right forward with someone like Spence playing behind him at full back providing cover, in my opinion.
Kinsky is another player that looks under pressure at the moment after some difficult games but despite the early goal when he should have done better, for the most part he was pretty solid against Villa and at times he kept us in the game with a glimmer of hope.
But it was another poor performance from Spurs and when Ange decided to replace Moore with Bissouma at half time you knew the writing was on the wall. Gray was once again played out of position with the lineup making as much sense as the lineup did against Liverpool.
The players and coach looked as clueless as each other and confidence is clearly low, as the Spurs players spent more time chasing the ball around the pitch like lost school boys. In fact WeareTottenhamTV made a good point that by the time the BBC had finished showing the replay of a Villa shot, Spurs had already lost possession of the ball again from the goal kick and were back under pressure. Despite this onslaught Ange chose to make just the 2 substitutions in the game which showed you even he couldn’t be arsed anymore.
One small positive was Tel who worked tirelessly for the team and he got his reward with a goal late on, whereas it was reported that Son on the other hand had only managed 16 touches of the ball the entire match, which included missing a sitter early on in the game.
The score finished 2-1 to Villa and now all eyes are on the Uefa cup draw, as if we actually have a chance!
All credit to Ange though, he identified the players were over played and exhausted and after the last 2 matches Ange has found the solution, thus reducing their fixtures. Well done Ange!
