Aston Villa made it three Premier League defeats in a row thanks to a poor performance against local rivals Wolves at the Molineux.
Villa went into the game without Tom Heaton, Bjorn Engels, and Jack Grealish, three of their regular starting XI. If this wasn’t bad enough, they had to replace Jed Steer with Orjan Nyland in just the sixth minute and then watched as Matt Target had to be replaced by Neil Taylor with 42 minutes on the clock.
While any team will struggle without some of their best players, this shouldn’t be used as an excuse as to why they lost. The midfielders were dire today and fans had to watch in anger as pass after pass went astray.
Wolves were good value for their win and Villa couldn’t really complain if they lost by more than just one goal.
At least there is now a two week break for international football, which gives the Villa medical team some time to get the important players fit and ready to play.
Here are our Villa player ratings for today’s poor showing against Wolves:
