Aston Villa found themselves on the end of a huge blow during their win over Burnley earlier, with Tom Heaton coming off with an injury.
Villa secured a huge win at Turf Moor, with goals from Wesley and Jack Grealish securing a 2-1 win in the North West, despite a late fightback from the Clarets towards the end of the game.
However, with minutes to go, Tom Heaton was forced off win an injury, with Dean Smith revealing afterwards that they are currently unaware of the seriousness of the issue.
However, several Villa fans took to Twitter to voice their concern over the potential loss of Heaton.
Twitter: For us all concerned we hope Tom Heaton makes a speedy recovery.🤞 (@claretsliam)
Twitter: Two big injuries here for us. Won’t be seeing Wesley or Heaton for a while. A disaster (@MattyVsTheWorld)
Twitter: #avfc 2 big injuries. Heaton is class, and that was wes’s best match so far. Gutted for them both (@villabone)
Twitter: Massive win today, Wesley looked much improved with someone playing in and around him. Thought 2nd half our ball re… https://t.co/dCmdsIiNZJ (@BalmforthAndy)
Twitter: Mings makes such a difference. Grealish and Luiz awesome. Hopefully Heaton and Wesley not bad injuries. (@FroggattSimon)
Read Aston Villa’s verdict
This could be another huge blow for Villa, with Heaton being a key part of the team so far this season.
Heaton was superb on Boxing Day to keep out Norwich City, and means that Orjan Nyland may be handed another chance in the first team.
