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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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😮

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

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.

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

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

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!!!!!......💜💙⚽✌️😎👍😜

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Christmas has come early with that video. Great to see an analysis video enthusiastic about Villa

Another amazing analysis video, so concise and easy to understand

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

Congrats to Villa A big win

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

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

More villa videos please

Brilliant video loved it

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.

Great video and explanation 👍

Thanks . For someone actually giving us praise

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

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!

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.

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Great analysis

THANK YOU! Acknowledge Villa!

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

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.

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

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

0.00 XG after 12mins 😂😂 wow!

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.

Great video

Great analysis. Much apprexciated.

I'm loving the Prem

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.

Mcginns new nickname is bravearse 😅

Just shows how clever unai Emery

Spurs and Ange needs to take notes

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 🤷‍♂️

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.

Very composed Aston Villarreal. Clever football finding spaces, no rush very steady with ball. nice long passes beautiful placing. Villa is dangerous very! Chelsea need to buy this Douglas Luiz

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.

Make another one. HOW ASTON VILLA DESTROYED ARSENAL!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Pep : Yea..Guess i need Fullbacks

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

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

Youri tielemans wasn't the wide man it was bailey

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

In other words, City got cooked 😂

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

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!

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)!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Loki cooking up something at Villa

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

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.

villa fans need a humbling

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

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

Everyone celebrates when city loses 🫡

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

Arsenal did the same thing in October one short answer Rodri

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

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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!!!