Aston Villa misplaced their third sport in a row on Wednesday night, falling to defeat in opposition to Belgian facet Membership Brugge within the Champions League. Up till the loss on the Jan Breydel Stadium, Unai Emery’s facet had an ideal file within the competitors, together with a well-known 1-0 win over Bayern Munich.
It was the Belgian outfit who finally ended their successful run on the continent, and it was arguably a deserved victory, too. As per Sofascore, Brugge managed extra photographs, 13 to Villa’s eight, and created a greater anticipated targets tally, with 1.38xG in comparison with simply 0.42 for the Villans.
The sport-winning second was one in all nice controversy. Tyrone Mings made a essential error when he picked up the ball from Emi Martinez’s purpose kick, presumably not realising the Argentine had taken it already. Brugge have been awarded a penalty and captain Hans Vanaken fired previous Martinez to win his facet the sport.
It was a disappointing night for the Villans after such a quick begin within the Champions League on their return to the competitors, and there have been some irritating performances all through from their facet.
Villa’s worst performers vs. Brugge
On a poor evening for his facet, Tyrone Mings was one participant who struggled in Belgium. After all, he gave away the penalty, a shocking mistake that’s not a typical factor to see. The England worldwide struggled outdoors of that, too. Usually so robust in duels, he was disappointing in these contests and struggled to impart himself on the sport.
Certainly, his stats from the evening replicate simply how a lot of a poor efficiency it was from the Villa quantity 5. Except for the penalty he conceded, Mings gained only one from three floor duels and didn’t win an aerial duel from both of the 2 he contested. He additionally gave away 4 fouls.
The Villa defender was not the one participant who struggled in Belgium, nonetheless. Morgan Rogers additionally had a troublesome day on the workplace. The Manchester Metropolis academy man has been a key participant for Emery this time period, however he had little influence in opposition to Brugge.
He acquired a post-match ranking of simply 4/10 from GOAL journalist Harry Sherlock. He defined that the attacker ‘could not get himself into the sport’ on the Jan Breydel Stadium, describing it as a ‘bitterly disappointing night’.
Though the likes of Mings and Rogers had a foul night, there was somebody who was arguably worse than each of them. That participant is Leon Bailey.
Leon Bailey’s stats vs. Brugge
The Jamaican winger has sadly not had the identical influence this season as he managed final time period. After 28 targets and assists in 51 video games in 2023/24, he has simply three assists in 12 video games up to now this time round and is but to search out the again of the web.
Towards Brugge on Europe’s greatest stage, it was very a lot an analogous story. The winger had little influence on the general sport, and will not likely become involved sufficient to swing momentum Villa’s method. Even when he did have the ball, the 27-year-old was sloppy in possession.
His stats from the sport actually again this principle up. He had 42 touches, fewer even than Martinez, and accomplished 26 of 31 of his passes, dropping the ball 11 instances. The Villa winger gained only one duel and failed to finish any of his 5 crosses. It was a poor efficiency.
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Bailey stats vs. Brugge |
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Stat |
Quantity |
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Touches |
42 |
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Cross accuracy |
82% |
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Passes accomplished |
26/31 |
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Variety of instances possession misplaced |
11 |
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Floor duels gained |
1/2 |
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Crosses accomplished |
0/5 |
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Stats from Sofascore |
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Sherlock additionally gave him a 4/10 ranking for his efforts in Belgium. He described Bailey’s efficiency as ‘peripheral’, explaining that the general high quality of his crosses ‘merely weren’t adequate’.
It was an underwhelming efficiency from the Jamaican winger, and it leaves Emery with a call to make. He may effectively drop the winger from the staff forward of an enormous conflict in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield.
It’s a sport the place the Spaniard will want his most in-form gamers on the pitch, and sadly with Bailey’s type in current weeks, he might not make the reduce.
With the likes of Jaden Philogene and Jacob Ramsey knocking on the door for a beginning spot, Bailey may effectively be dropped in probably the most essential video games for Villa up to now this season.
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Aston Villa endured a horrible evening in Belgium taking part in Membership Brugge.