So yesterday I decided to catch the Tottenham vs Aston Villa match live. Woke up early because the game was at 8am local time, made some coffee and fired up my laptop. Grabbed my notebook ’cause I wanted to jot down key moments as they happened.
Kicked off started kinda messy. Both teams were pressing like crazy from minute one. Around the 15th mark, Villa’s defender Pau Torres got his head on a corner kick – boom! Ball hit the back of the net! My coffee almost spilled when I jumped up yelling. Scrambled to write it down in my messy handwriting: “Goal – Torres (AVL) – 22′ – header”.
Right before halftime came the equalizer. Spurs’ Lo Celso took a crack from outside the box – absolute rocket! You should’ve seen my notebook page at this point: ink smudges everywhere when I knocked my pen in excitement. Scribbled: “Goal – Lo Celso (TOT) 45+7′ – long range banger”.
Second half got real spicy when Villa struck again. That slippery winger Watkins sliced through Spurs defense like butter at 65 minutes, fed the ball to Bailey who just tapped it in. My notebook entry looked like chicken scratch by then: “Goal – Bailey (AVL) 65′ – counter attack”. Final whistle blew 2-1 to Villa – proper upset!
After the game, I double-checked all my notes against highlight reels. Took me forever to decipher my own handwriting from when I got hyped during goals. Rewrote the timeline clean with these main bits:
- 22′: Pau Torres header goal for Villa off corner
- 45+7′: Lo Celso screamer for Tottenham before half
- 65′: Leon Bailey finishes slick Watkins pass
Post-match analysis got me thinking. That Villa away win shocked everyone! Proof that even mid-table teams can wreck the big boys on their day. My notebook’s full of coffee stains now but totally worth waking up at dawn. Best part? Didn’t have to scroll through ten different apps to piece together what happened – my scribbles told the whole story.
