SM
Saturday, November 23
Upcoming predictions and previews
SL
Premier League | Gameweek 21
Jan 30, 2021 at 8pm UK
St Mary's Stadium
AV

Southampton
0 - 1
Aston Villa

FT(HT: 0-1)
Barkley (41')

Ralph Hasenhuttl: 'Matty Cash made a fantastic save'

:Headline: Ralph Hasenhuttl: 'Matty Cash made a fantastic save': ID:432923: from db_amp
The ball appeared to strike Aston Villa defender Matty Cash's hand in the box, but no penalty was given.

Ralph Hasenhuttl claims Aston Villa defender Matty Cash handled the ball in the area, calling it a "fantastic save" as Southampton were beaten 1-0.

Ross Barkley scored his first goal since October when he headed home from a Jack Grealish cross to break the deadlock and secure all three points for the visitors.

Southampton had two significant VAR decisions go against them including a 10th-minute penalty shout when Cash blocked Stuart Armstrong's strike.

Ross Barkley won the game for Aston Villa (Michael Steele/PA)

The ball appeared to strike the hand of the Aston Villa defender and VAR referee Mike Dean took a lengthy look at Cash's outstretched arm, which seemed slightly away from his body, before deciding it was not a penalty.

The official line from VAR was that the ball flicked off the defender's thigh and onto his hand and was not deemed to be a penalty.

"The handball was a good save from the player, it was good goalkeeping I think," Hasenhuttl said.

"It was not the VAR decision, but for us it was definitely a very good save.

"If that's the rule then that's the rule – let's keep on going – but I think it was undeserved to have no point."

In added time, Ings looked to have struck the leveller for Hasenhuttl's men, but the forward was flagged offside. A VAR review ruled the striker's shoulder marginally offside and the on-field decision was upheld, with the manager saying it was fine margins which proved the difference.

The Austrian added: "Exactly. Exactly (it was fine margins) and then this (the fact that it grazed his thigh before hitting his hand) is the reason that it is not a handball and then everybody throws in with everything he has and it is always deflecting.

"Because normally the ball goes up and to the hand but it is a fantastic save because the hand goes towards the ball and he makes a fantastic save.

"But I am normally a big fan of the VAR and I don't want to be too critical today but everyone has to decide if this is OK or not."

Villa went into the game with just one win from their last five games, but scored the decisive goal just before half-time at St Mary's, with manager Dean Smith praising the team performance.

"It was a real tough game against a good team who put us under a lot of pressure but I think the telling moment was the quality of the goal," he said.

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith was happy to get the win after disappointment at Burnley (John Walton/PA)

"We've had to defend resolutely, we've been on the better side of some marginal decisions tonight for a change which is nice.

"But it was a real resolute team performance where you can't really pick one player out and I thought all of them worked really hard for each other and made it really difficult for them and kept the ball out of the back of the net.

"So a really great result following the game on Wednesday (a 3-2 defeat by Burnley) when we played better than we did today but lost the game."

amp_article__432923 : Database Data restored...  : 
last updated article - 2021-01-30 23:40:55:
html db last update - 2021-01-30 23:40:55 :

ex - 7200 : read : read cache amp html
Read more!

Click here for more stories about Matty Cash

Click here for more stories about Aston Villa

Share this article now:
Recommended Next on SM
Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool119112161528
2Manchester CityMan City117222213923
3Chelsea126422314922
4Arsenal126422112922
5Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton126422116522
6Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest125431513219
7Aston Villa125431919019
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115331311218
9Fulham125341717018
10Brentford125252222017
11Tottenham HotspurSpurs1151523131016
12Manchester UnitedMan Utd114341212015
13Bournemouth124351617-115
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham113351319-612
15Everton122551017-711
16Leicester CityLeicester122461523-810
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves122372028-89
18Crystal Palace121561017-78
19Ipswich TownIpswich111551222-108
20Southampton11119721-144
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .