Gut Reactions: Villa Beaten by Southampton Wonder-Goals.

That was a weird, weird game.
Some Villa fans seemed to think this would be an easy bounce-back game after the loss to Leeds and I have no idea why. Southampton beat us well at home and away last season.
James Ward-Prowse is good at free-kicks.
Why is John McGinn marking Jannik Vestergaard ever?
Villa weren’t that bad from open play in the first half and yet were 3-0 down at half-time.
Watkins unsurprisingly found it difficult to hold the ball up against Vestergaard and co. Having any success with set pieces was also a struggle for the same reason.
Mings’ passing was sloppy throughout and kept putting the defence under pressure.
Whereas Martinez couldn’t have done anything to stop Southampton’s four goals, McCarthy made some excellent saves to prevent Villa getting back into the game sooner.
After a quiet first half, Grealish turned it on after half-time. Involved in all three Villa goals.
After being 4-0 down, Villa leaving me annoyed that they didn’t end up getting a point is the most Villa thing ever.
Villa beat Southampton 2.67-0.80 on expected goals and that’s insane.
Love the character shown in the second half. Hopefully Villa can take that positivity into another tough game against Arsenal next week.
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