[SirAnderson]

Well that was anticlimactic reading it here before seeing it.

 

[Jazz]

Play Shaw up top to see if he can bag another two goals

 

[SirAF]

Get in! They’ll do Villa in the second half now

 

[paulscholes18]

Key goal just before HT

 

[Drifter]

Get in.

 

[jderbyshire]

Big team talk now from Erik.

Need to get some attacking patterns going - it just seems to be cross it or hit and hope at the moment.

 

[Bastian]

Haven't caught up yet, how bad is it?

 

[Jazz]

Shawnaldo !!!

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Hand ball? Watch it again, ref!

 

[mav_9me]

Deserved goal. Much better last 20 min

 

[evil_geko]

Finally some luck after horrible luck at start of the game.

 

[BuzzKillington]

For al the moaning, some of it justified, we deserved that. We’ve not been two goals worse than villa in this half.

 

[lysglimt]

I have had it with ETH - we are well underway to being destroyed for the third time in 13 league matches. It's disgraceful!

 

[sparx99]

We’ve played quite well the last 15mins but we just don’t make enough ‘easy’ chances. Ronaldo should’ve scored but it’s the only really clear opening.

 

[Ole's screen]

That’s twice now VdB has shied away from the ball in the box… he’s such a coward.

 

[VidaRed]

those handballs are only given against us

 

[James35]

About time we had some luck

 

[Drifter]

Looking good going into halftime

 

[Sylar]

Good timing for the goal
Were gonna have momentum but also means we can get martial on at some point

 

[SirAnderson]

I'll take that. Where's that poster that said if we score next we win it.
It's NOT going to happen...this is a classic case of "its the hope that kills you" we are watching.

 

[Hester_manc]

Hand ball? Watch it again, ref!

Handball, but never a penalty

 

[crossy1686]

Second half will be Vila defending for their lives and us pummelling their defence only to lose anyway

 

[Murder on Zidanes Floor]

He's gone really off the boil. Maybe he needs a break

He hasn't actually been that good tbh

 

[PoTMS]

Encouraging how well we've played in the last 10-15 minutes. More of that in the second half and we win this game.

 

[LoneStar]

That would explain a lot actually. How many of Villa's players are going to Qatar? Only one that will start a game at all is probably their goalie.

We can't use that excuse, when the other top teams have the same problem.

 

[hellhunter]

I have had it with ETH - we are well underway to being destroyed for the third time in 13 league matches. It's disgraceful!

 

[Dec9003]

Need to get Ronaldo off at half time, get Martial on and let him and Rashford play upfront close together.

 

[crossy1686]

Handball, but never a penalty

You just don't know anymore

 

[GifLord]

2-1
Shaw

 

[Freak]

Get VDB off and bring on Martial.

 

[Raw]

Definitely played better as that went on. Just shit in the final third.

 

[sglowrider]

Take DVB off. Cross came to him and he cowered from the challenge

 

[Rightnr]

For al the moaning, some of it justified, we deserved that. We’ve not been two goals worse than villa in this half.

They scored from their single big chance and a good to very good free kick.

People are losing their head over us having a leggy start.

 

[Lyng]

Very important goal. We win this

 

[ha_rooney]

VdB needs to come off. Useless.

 

[slored1]

Bad half. VdB and Ronaldo brutal. Lindelof and Rashford also terrible. Fullbacks and Casemiro been good tbh.

 

[lex talionis]

It ain’t over yet.

 

[dirkey]

I have had it with ETH - we are well underway to being destroyed for the third time in 13 league matches. It's disgraceful!

I presume this is a joke?

 

[SAFMUTD]

HT, we were poor as feck. But with only one goal down we can get something out of this game.

Just make some changes, Cristiano out for Martial and Van de Beek for Fred.

 

[christinaa]

Handball, but never a penalty

Of course a penalty!