Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa: Premier League – live | Premier League

51 mins It was a rocky start to the second half, which, if you insert parentheses, “A Scrappy Start (To The Second Half)” sounds like a dirge single from the late Britpop era.

49 mins “Sky’s commentator ponders Suffolk’s autumn sunshine,” the line Keats wishes he’d written, and I’m choking up here.

48 mins Does Ollie Watkins look like he's attempting a slam dunk into the symbol in the stands in the picture above? Or, um, not?

46 mins Nice from Digne, who steps back to give Ramsey the opportunity to continue down the left. The attack comes to a halt, then Digne is booked for a foul on Ogbene or for kicking the ball away; If he had played for Arsenal, he would have received a red card for two yellow violations, the internet screams.

46 mins We're going again…

Our teams are coming back…

“Sunrise greetings from California,” begins Mary Waltz. “As a representative of older people (those born long before The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan) I can impart this wisdom. Turmeric, ginger, saffron and all the miracle spices are so good for you, but instead of the depressing green drinks, learn how to prepare your vegetables properly and your eating experience will improve significantly. Roast overcook. Prepare an eggplant and zucchini curry recipe for lunch and chicken thighs with the above spices for dinner. Aging sucks, but eating good food eases the pain.”

For me it's not a preparation thing – I just can't tolerate vegetables. If I could, I would.

Halftime entertainment:

HALF-TIME: Ipswich Town 1-2 Aston Villa

45+2 mins Morsy pushes past Rogers and is booked for repeated fouls, then Delap sees yellow for facety.

45 mins We still have three minutes left.

45 mins Villa might want to think about containing Leif Davis because so much of Ipswich's good work comes through him. You could ask Bailey to look after him, or have Onana take up half the space he wants to use in Konsa.

43 mins …which is then clarified when Hutchinson crosses from the right, Martinez concedes, hits Torres and then lies down a bit.

42 mins Ipswich win a corner on the right, the excellent Davis takes it…

40 mins “I think the discussion about whether you can really be younger today than you were back then is pretty existential,” says Richard Hirst; He will be pleased to know that I agree with him.

But to be on the safe side, we make a pact: Greek yogurt and flaxseed at halftime.

40 mins O'Shea bumps Watkins' elbow and enjoys the experience as much as you'd imagine.

38 mins NOOOOO! Ipswich work Villa's high line and Davis sends Delap through the middle! You have to score! But he opens his body to pass in the corner at the near post and his body language shows a man mentally turning away in celebration, but Martinez somehow puts his foot out to save it with his studs! He shouldn't have smelled it, but that's a good save.

36 mins VIPswich win another corner on the left and when the ball isn't cleared properly and reaches Phillips on the edge, he unloads the bag with a shot that sends Martinez flying over his goal and tipping around the post. The resulting corner is destroyed

34 mins How does Jack Clarke feel now? He will know that he should have scored to make it 2-1, but at the same time he cannot dictate that two defenders allow the opponent's most likely goalscorer to move around the penalty area and shoot the ball past the goal.

GOAL! Ipswich Town 1-2 Aston Villa (Watkins 32)

31 mins “Hey Daniel; Last time your existential subtext for the live blog was whether Brentford actually existed,” remembers Karen Asad. “What are you cooking this time?”

This time I'm going for physical rather than spiritual existentialism, hence green juice. But we'll see where we get, the game is still young.

29 mins Hutchinson passes to Davis, who beats beautifully for Delap and moves through the middle. But a ball outside the goal doesn't find the one it should have hit, so Villa are back and Ipswich defend them in a 4-4-2 system out of possession.

27 mins Bailey sends Watkins wide but the defenders surround him and Villa play on the opposing flank. Ipswich defend them well but have to fight for an out ball as they won't always be able to play out.

26 mins On this point, The Deuce may be the best television I've seen in the last decade, but it hasn't been as celebrated as many other series that are far less brilliant. If you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to get involved.

24 mins “You're right that baby blue wouldn't be the color that football shorts should be,” writes Simon Williams, “so it's lucky that Villa's are actually 'Glow Blue' according to the manufacturer.” Very different blues. Completely different.”

Sounds like a pamphlet you could buy in The Deuce.

22 mins So far Ipswich are doing a pretty good job of limiting space in central midfield, forcing the Villa wing to make things happen.

21 mins This was a really entertaining first quarter, with both sides committed to attacking and largely eschewing the “laborious knocking” that some know “attracts the press”.

19 mins Here comes Ipswich again, moving Villa before releasing Davis on the left. And his cross is good too, it's lured into the middle and Clarke is there between the centre-backs! But he fails to get his body into the right position and shoots a header over the goal line when he really needs to score.

18 mins Villa win a free kick from 30 yards out, left of center, which Dasvis swings in and Tuanzebe is on top… but his header flies just over the goal line.

16 mins The VAR checks a possible handball by Rogers… and concludes that everything is fine.

GOAL! Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa (Rogers 15)