terrible free kick from Gerrard and when Villa clear, they have Agbonlahor upfront, causes the defender to panic under pressure and from it Villa win a throw in dangerous position. That's why you leave players upfront...
Neither of you watched the game v Newcastle last game of the season last year then...? Or witnessed the other 11 assists he made last year which mainly came from free kicks in that sort of area?
Exactly what I was going to say. Btw, I'm expecting some retrospective punishment for Senderos for that...
Senderos just kicks Balotelli with the ball 40 yards away... no one sees it but should be a red card. Can't blame the ref for not spotting it to be fair, no reason why he'd look that way.
No, but then I don't think 3 games is enough to judge whether someone has suddenly lost all ability to take a free kick.
I actualy think Gerrard offers most from set pieces. From open play, I don't think he;s that effective anymore and it looks like because of him being man marked in this game, he's been made to push up a bit more and Henderson has had to drop deeper which isn't benefiting us in this game. Villa have resorted to 11 men behind the ball now. Need to get a goal or the team are going to get frustrated soon.
Either Villa have forgot they're playing with forwards or they've been watching tapes of the Chelsea game last season.
Can't blame them, got their goal now sit back and frustrate and hope to get something on set pieces. Better fro us, nice little set up from Henderson for Lallana but good block.
