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title: "Fans on social media say ‘dominant’ Tyrone Mings is ‘so good’ in defence"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2021-12-15T09:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-12-15T09:00:00Z"
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# Fans on social media say ‘dominant’ Tyrone Mings is ‘so good’ in defence

Aston Villa returned to winning ways after their defeat to Liverpool, [beating Norwich City 2-0 on Tuesday evening](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/december/14/Norwich-City-0-2-Aston-Villa/). The Villans made light work of the Canaries at Carrow Road and Tyrone Mings was one of many players who impressed.

The 28-year-old delivered a dominant display alongside Ezri Konsa, making more interceptions and more clearances than any other Villa player while stifling Teemu Pukki. Mings’ passing wasn’t the best at times, but he was still given a player rating of 8/10 by [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/aston-villa-player-ratings-norwich-22464309). Fans on [social media](https://twitter.com/search?q=tyrone%20mings&src=typed_query&f=live) hailed his performance.

> Tyrone mings has been a beast under Stevie g
>
> — bb (@lewis\_Utv\_) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/lewis_Utv_/status/1470864777106886656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Tyrone Mings is just so so good and I won’t hear the opposite
>
> — Holly (Taylor’s Version) (@HollyJen86) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/HollyJen86/status/1470867738604228619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Motm performance Tyrone Mings [#NORAVL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NORAVL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — AFC (@BigC19955979) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/BigC19955979/status/1470870559143587843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What about Mings on the ball tonight though. What a baller. What has Gerrard done to our Tyrone? 😀 [#avfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/avfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Sean 🦁🇮🇪 (@Gallie75) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/Gallie75/status/1470857404007002120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Solid solid performance. Ramsey outstanding. Chukwuemeka showing his magic as well. Two special talents. Back 4 immense, Mings and Konsa were dominant. Hope this Gerrard bounce never ends. Big test is Burnley. Been our bogey team last two years. [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#UTV](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Sunny (@SunnySalh98) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/SunnySalh98/status/1470870576801751041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Best performance I’ve seen for a long time.\
> \
> A few wayward passes here & there, but apart from that, everyone ‘on it’.\
> \
> I’ve been critical of [#Mings](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at times, but, credit where it’s due: looks much better when he focuses fully on DEFENDING and Clean Sheets.[#NORAVL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NORAVL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#UTV](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Villanous (@Villanous\_) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/Villanous_/status/1470872816564191237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Luiz orchestrating. McGinn a demon. JJ gliding around. Mings dominating in the air. Cash's endeavour. Konsa silky. My standouts tonight. [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — James. (@TheHolte1874) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheHolte1874/status/1470891879617212423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[Against Norwich](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1549704/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022-Norwich-Aston-Villa), Mings played for 90 minutes, had 55 touches, won one aerial duel, completed 71.1% of his 38 passes, had two interceptions, made eight clearances, gave away one foul, won one freekick and had two successful dribbles.

The 28-year-old has made [16 Premier League appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tyrone-mings/leistungsdaten/spieler/253677) this season, keeping five clean sheets for his troubles. Mings isn’t without his flaws, but he looks a different animal under Steven Gerrard and helped to limit Norwich to only three shots on target at home.

It’s no surprise Mings is a regular for England after performances like Tuesday.

***[In other news, fans on social media laud ‘brilliant’ Matty Cash for ‘unreal’ performance](https://readastonvilla.com/fans-on-social-media-laud-brilliant-matty-cash-for-unreal-performance/)***