Club Brugge 2 Aston Villa 3 Post-Mortem
Aston Villa have finally scored a goal(s) and got their first win of the season, beating Club Brugge 3-2 away in their Champions League league-phase opener. Villa raced into a 3-1 half-time lead, before holding out in the closing stages in a genuine test of nerve.
This post-mortem episode of the My Old Man Said podcast covers a landmark night for John McGinn, who scored his twelfth European goal to become Villa’s all-time leading scorer in continental competition, and a complete performance from Pau Torres, who set up two of Villa’s three goals before digging in defensively as Brugge pushed for an equaliser. It also covers the growing case for Zion Suzuki’s distribution as a genuine tactical weapon rather than a novelty, and an unconventional piece of game management from Unai Emery that worked out.
With Nottingham Forest at home up next in the Premier League, this is a show that celebrates the real start to Villa’s season and dares to look at the seeds of rebuild hope that might evolve into a big surprise for anyone who isn’t a Villa supporter.
Now, has anybody seen Johan Manzambi? It’s time for him to join the party.
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Credits:
David Michael – @myoldmansaid
Chris Budd – @BUDD_music
Phillip Shaw – @prsgame