Aston Villa lost 2-1 to West Ham United on Monday night and should have come away with at least a draw after missing so many opportunities. Ollie Watkins hit the crossbar with a late penalty, but Trezeguet had a point-blank effort saved before them which could have levelled the game.
After being picked out by Jack Grealish in a swift counter attack, Watkins squared the ball to the 26-year-old in the box, but he mishit his shot and left West Ham off the hook.
The Egyptian international arrived at Villa Park in July 2019 from Kasimpasa and has gone on to make 51 appearances in all competitions, scoring seven goals and supplying five assists. Trezeguet has made 10 appearances across the board this season without scoring a goal and has fired blanks in the Premier League for nearly five months.
The 26-year-old has had 22 shots in nine league games, hitting the target only six times (once every 120 minutes). It’s a pitiful goal contribution ratio and needs to be improved if he wants to stay in the team.
Trezeguet hasn’t been prolific since joining the Villans and these fans weren’t too kind over his “embarrassing” failure to equalise from Watkins’ cross:
Tries hard but not clinical enough
— Trevor Newman (@NewmanTrnewman) November 30, 2020
I like trez, he works so hard for the team but he misses so many sitters. Cant have that if your an attacking player.
— UltraAttacking (@UAttacking) November 30, 2020
He can’t finish atm and it’s going to cost us
— fox (@LacagMinded) November 30, 2020
Trez is embarrassing
— Matt Jeffries (@matty__jeff) November 30, 2020
Appalling. It was going wide
— Tony Swinfield (@tonyswinfield71) November 30, 2020
The worst thing about this was it wasn't even on target 🤦♂️
— lifes_to_sport (@eddiej1981) November 30, 2020
Trezs number of shots to actual goal ratio this season is diabolical.
— Tash Hussain (@Tash_Hussain) November 30, 2020
https://twitter.com/avfc741/status/1333522573544607751?s=20
https://twitter.com/andy_dorrington/status/1333522958720053249?s=20
https://twitter.com/chrisjbrett/status/1333521938464067589?s=20
In other news, one Aston Villa star came in for criticism over a “pathetic” moment in Monday’s defeat to West Ham
