Aston Villa will be much happier than Manchester City after a stalemate between the Premier League’s top and bottom sides.
Much of the pre-game discussion surrounded new Villa boss Remi Garde, and how he would set the team up for his first home game.
Nice of Villa to put out something that resembles a football team for a change.
— Jamie (@JamieCutteridge) November 8, 2015
That Villa line up looks more like it – very difficult game but at least seems like the team to give it a good go
— James Derrington 💙 (@jamesderrington) November 8, 2015
And the signs were good in the first half…
https://twitter.com/AFC_BEAST/status/663356006324412416
Wilfried Bony was withdrawn before the break after picking up an injury, and City fans seemed to sense that this wouldn’t be their day.
'One of those days' is now trending in Manchester. #mcfc #cityview
— Caroline Oatway (@roline_mcfc) November 8, 2015
Got that typical city feeling. HELP.
— BlueMoonRising (@BMRising) November 8, 2015
There was almost some major controversy late on after what City fans considered unsporting behaviour from Rudy Gestede.
Gestede throws it back to Hart, it's a heavy throw and Hart can't control it! Villa corner! If they score here… 0-0(88)
— ByTheMinute Football (@ByTheMinPL) November 8, 2015
That's an incredible throw. Rudy Gestede is a hero.
— Mark Yesilevskiy (@MarkWhyy) November 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/lfcmaestro23/status/663373834469449728
While Fabian Delph’s arrival was greeted in a predictable fashion.
Fabian Delph you're a wanker, There is only one greedy bastard 🐍🐍🐍🐍#AVFC
— Chris 𝕏 (@avfcchris) November 8, 2015
Aston Villa's pure vitriol towards Fabian Delph is actually quite funny.
— Game of Throw-ins (@GameofThrowIns) November 8, 2015
City had one great chance to take all three points, and a few fans couldn’t work out how Fernando headed against the bar when it looked easier to score.
https://twitter.com/S4IFA3I3/status/663374957246873604
How did fernando miss 😭😭
— AJ (@abdalle205) November 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/Nimz_98/status/663375073496145920
But it ended goalless, and while Garde will be happy with his first point, there were still a few smart alecs comparing him to his predecessor.
https://twitter.com/ed_son/status/663377245206159361
