Still haven't forgiven Villa for resting almost their entire team against Man City last season, losing 1-4, winning just three of their last 12 games (losing six), but somehow turning up to beat Arsenal at the Emirates. - ThreadSky

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orbinho.bsky.social • 29 days ago

Still haven't forgiven Villa for resting almost their entire team against Man City last season, losing 1-4, winning just three of their last 12 games (losing six), but somehow turning up to beat Arsenal at the Emirates.

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At least they're not playing Liverpool in 10 days...oh wait.

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ivannson.bsky.social•28 days ago

I think one of the main reasons City won so many titles is that they were so good the first 2-3 years (up to centurions) that teams didn’t even bother turning up against them, just chalking it off as a loss before the game and not bothering

fplhelp.bsky.social•28 days ago

I feel like all of that was more on the man picking the players than the club themselves.

truestorey-no4.bsky.social•28 days ago

Yeah, me too. Spot on. His hatred of The Arsenal is deep. Every Arteta win hurts him personally. I’m fully expecting The Spanish Nosferatu to roll over and have his talons tickled by Herr Slot.

turnleftatthejedi.bsky.social•28 days ago

You're forgetting there was a mass squad illness knocking out most the players. We fielded who was available.

If you watched the game you would have known.