Aston Villa suffered a second consecutive defeat on Sunday afternoon, losing 4-3 to Southampton.
After a superb start to the Premier League season, Dean Smith’s side found themselves 4-0 down to the Saints at one point during the fixture at Villa Park.
James Ward-Prowse (2), Danny Ings and Jannik Vestergaard were the scorers for the visitors, and the latter’s opening goal has been a talking point among many of the Villa Park faithful.
The Danish centre-back rose well in the air to head the Saints in front, but some Villa fans were left scratching their heads at the player chosen to mark him.
Vestergaard, who is 1.99m in height, was marked by Villa midfielder John McGinn, who stands at just 1.73m.
Twitter: Zonal marking forced John McGinn into an embarrassing aerial mismatch which was totally avoidable.
Jannik Vesterga… https://t.co/ImhmrSGfED (@AndrewAshburn
Villa fan Andrew Ashburn’s tweet about the “embarrassing aerial mismatch” saw plenty of other supporters discuss the club’s defensive frailties, with one blaming Smith and assistant coach John Terry.
Twitter: @AndrewAshburn This is a clear tactic from Smith and Terry. And it’s not working. The biggest threat from the oppos… https://t.co/7dQhqjYjmS (@CJ1874UTV)
Others looked back on similar mistakes last term, which almost saw the Midlands outfit suffer relegation.
Twitter: @AndrewAshburn I think he wants the two CBS meeting the ball Ming’s at the front and Konsa at the back but I’d rath… https://t.co/4ck3qna3Co (@SamBrogan3)
Twitter: @AndrewAshburn I’m annoyed that this wasn’t addressed after CC Final, in March.
I’m sure Guilbert was marking Rodr… https://t.co/ohfbBzgb7m (@Helenius89)
Twitter: @AndrewAshburn Amount of times we concede headed goals like this and I look to find Mings is all on his own marking… https://t.co/UOTZ0pxLhc (@GPDecorating)
Twitter: @PJLinton @AndrewAshburn @premierleague Mistakes like this happened last year we need to be flexible with how we de… https://t.co/vO9cFYmTWR (@Dpn76)
Villa did get themselves back in the game against Southampton but goals from Tyrone Mings, Ollie Watkins and captain Jack Grealish weren’t enough to rescue a point from the game.
