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🗒️ | 13’ All Bayern so far, ominous at present
🗒️ | 14’ Neuer races 40 yards off his line to clear Villa’s attack
💥 | 17’ Villa break and Dayot Upamecano clearly fouls Ollie Watkins as the last man, unbelievably the referee doesn’t even award a free kick when it’s a clear red card offence. UEFA standard refereeing strikes again
💥 | 17’ Another foul on Ollie Watkins playing on the shoulder sees Upamecano carded but he shouldn’t even be on the pitch
⚽ | 21’ Goal! 1-0, Pau Torres, Assist by Lucas Digne but was it offside?
🎥 | 23’ VAR deems they were offside, to be fair Lucas Digne was
❗| 26’ Chance! Morgan Rogers releases Ollie Watkins who cuts back to Onana but his shot is straight at the ‘keeper
🔁 | 27’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Leon Bailey. Ramsey succumbs to injury once again as Villa are forced into a reshuffle
💥 | 30’ Another Munich foul, this time from Coman but Villa have settled and are looking the more fluent side despite Bayern having missed the opportunity to give Kane a tap in
🗒️ | 33’ Villa are putting their feet in just like Wolves, Ipswich and Wycombe, maybe there’s something to this inelegant side of the game
🗒️ | 34’ Great defending on the wing stops Bayern from causing a threat
🗒️ | 37’ A lull in the game to Villa’s benefit but Bayern push up high to keep the pressure on, clearly there is an arrogance to their play from playing also-rans week in week out, Villa needn’t be overawed
🗒️ | 38’ Martínez makes a finger tip save to prevent Bayern going ahead from a ridiculously good long range strike
🗒️ | 39’ Bayern contnue to surround Vills each time they get the ball and their crowding out tactics work a treat, no momentum possible from Villa currently
🗒️ | 41’ Villa though still build patiently before a silly Bayern dive cons the ref
💥 | 42’ Total madness as the Bayern player goes through Jaden and the referee gives nothing
💥 | 42’ Kane fouls Onana and another clear yellow card is avoided by the referee much to the frustration of the Villa players. This is a very poor performance from European officials yet agaon
💥 | 44’ Another Bayern foul, another free kick, they look like they are going to get away with this with Radu Petrescu in charge, really poor officiating here.
💥 | 45’ Almost unbeleivably if what has happened had not already gone before the backtracking Jaden is punished by the referee as the defender leaps into his trajectory. Where do they get these officials from? They make Stuart Atterll look competent.
🕒 | 45’+2 Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
🗒️ | 46’ Musiala comes on for Coman, great, at least it shows we had them scared
🗒️ | 46’ Neuer hoofs it a la Wolves
🗒️ | 47’ Villa break down the left after great tenacious player to win the corner, Jaden is doing well
🗒️ | 48’ Terrible clearance from Neuer is saved by an offside flag
💥 | 49’ Yet another Dayot Upamecano foul on Watkins, no punishment, is this kid going to do a Koeman and score the winner?
🗒️ | 50’ Konsa clears at the back post in Bayern’s first attack of the second half
🗒️ | 52’ Bayern keeping the ball as their desperation sees Kimmich appeal for hand ball for a ball he fired straight at Konsa’s elbow, corner, embarrassing
🗒️ | 54’ Kimmich’s corner goes straight out of play
💥 | 54’ Another foul and Villa’s frustration is all too much on the touchline
🗒️ | 56’ Ping pong in the area as a series of weak Bayern shots are cleared
🗒️ | 56’ Villa break but somehow Bayern are seemingly doubling up on every forward player, good discipline
🗒️ | 59’ Onana is injured after his first half troubles as Kadan also comes on for Bailey with the sub subbed (injury),
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Amadou Onana, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🗒️ | 60’ As an side it’s incredible how much physical punishment Onana takes from his opponents
💥 | 61’ More poor refereeing as play is pulled back unnecessarily to Morgan Rogers’ cost
🗒️ | 62’ Tempting fate but Villa look totally in control here
🗒️ | 63’ Musiala runs at the defence, takes a one two and wins a corner, fabulous play, he’d be much more suited to an Emery team
🗒️ | 64’ Jaden doing the little things really well, clever kid
🟨 | 65’ At last! A yellow card for a foul on Ollie Watkins, this time it’s not Upamecano but Gnabry, meanwhile Sané comes on
🗒️ | 66’ Bayern break but it’s so offside it is embarrassing, Villa are showing them up here
🗒️ | 67’ It’s JD time
🗒️ | 68’ Such competent defending sniffs out a Bayern attack in the box before Ollie Watkins is relieved from his battering by Jhon Durán
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 70’ This referee… awards a free kick for a non foul from Tielemans that pales into insignifcance as to what has gone before… Bayern noticeably trying to slow the game
🗒️ | 72’ A long ball from Martínez releases Jaden before a truly fortunate foot or excellent tackle saves the corner
🗒️ | 73’ Three Bayern men around Barkley win the ball in midfield
🗒️ | 74’ Villa break before another cynical Bayern challenge under the referee’s nose
🗒️ | 75’ Paulinha comes on… what has Kompany the tactician said? “you know english football, go on and score”
🗒️ | 75’ Laimer goes down like a sack of spuds… typical Germany play from a Swiss
🗒️ | 79’ Fabulous ball into Jhon Durán from Pau Torres who beats Neuer from outseide the box, totally and utterly deserved
⚽ | 79’ Goal! 1-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Pau Torres
🗒️ | 82’ You have to hand it to Neuer, he’s a bit of a special ‘keeper as he nods down a clearance to his defence
🗒️ | 83’ Bayern’s first genuinely clean and good tackle sets them on the break before a fabulous point blank save from Martínez but it’s offside anyway
🗒️ | 85’ Kompany throws on attacking subs… fair play to him
🗒️ | 86’ The pressure Bayern put on the Villa players is something to behold, only occassionally legal but then one assumes they get away with it in the Bundesliga but impressive nonetheless to buy the referee’s largesse
🗒️ | 88’ Villa clear from Bayern’s posessional pressure but it comes back and it’s yet another easy pick up from Martínez
🗒️ | 90’ The third official or fourth or sixth shows 4’ of injury time
🗒️ | 90’ Martínez makes a genuinely excellent save this time before going down with ‘cramp’. That would have been a wounder.
🟨 | 90+1’ Booking, Ian Maatsen, not sure why yet
🗒️ | 90+2’ Villa hoof but it comes back
🗒️ | 90+3’ Bayern in possession around the penalty area as the ball bounces and hits Diego Carlos’ shoulder for which the referee decides to issue a yellow card
🟨 | 90+3’ Booking, Diego Carlos, Elbow ball
🟨 | 90+4’ Booking, Jhon Durán
🗒️ | 90’+4 Harry Kane plays like he does for England and over promises but there is still time
🗒️ | 90’+5 Stunning stunning stunning save from Martínez to save a certain goal, the best ‘keeper in the World period.
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich