Bournemouth 1 Aston Villa 1 – Post-mortem
This game and result against Bournemouth depends on context.
On the surface, a draw after taking the lead feels frustrating. Dig deeper, and it looks very different.
Aston Villa went to one of the league’s most awkward away grounds, against one of the form teams in the division, without their key midfield controllers. What followed was not a case of the normally sought control or fluency of Unai Emery, but resilience.
Villa started brightly, moved the ball well early, and took the lead through Morgan Rogers with a cracking finish that hinted at a comfortable afternoon. It didn’t last. Bournemouth raised the tempo, flooded central areas, and turned the game into a sustained physical and tactical test.
Without Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn, or Youri Tielemans, Villa struggled to slow the game down. Possession became survival rather than dominance. Bournemouth piled on pressure, racked up shots, and forced Emi Martinez into a genuine man-of-the-match performance.
In this post-mortem episode of the My Old Man Said podcast it breaks down why the lack of midfield control was inevitable, why the goal conceded was frustrating but out of character for the defence in the game, and why Villa’s ability to ride the storm says more about their season than the scoreline does.
This was not pretty. It was not comfortable. But it was a showcase of the character Villa will to demonstrate in the final stretch of the season.
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