Aston Villa made it consecutive victories under Steven Gerrard with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday and Tyrone Mings was one of many players to impress. Birmingham Live gave him a player rating of 8/10.
The 28-year-old didn’t keep a clean sheet in the end but was a rock at the back and did well to stifle the likes of Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke at Selhurst Park. Fans on social media were very pleased with his showing.
Mings helped limit Palace to only three shots on target over the 90 minutes and his efforts led to the Eagles hooking two of their three attackers due to their lack of influence over the 90 minutes.
Against Palace, Mings played for 90 minutes, had 50 touches, won two aerial duels, completed 82.5% of his 40 passes, made six clearances and won one freekick.
Zaha failed to register a shot on target before being substituted in the 71st minute and Benteke only had one shot on target all game. Odsonne Edouard came off the bench but failed to find the back of the net too, so Mings and co. did their job on the day.
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