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title: "Fans on social media say ‘class’ John McGinn is a ‘brilliant footballer’"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-01-11T15:51:26Z"
modified: "2022-01-11T15:55:46Z"
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# Fans on social media say ‘class’ John McGinn is a ‘brilliant footballer’

[Aston Villa suffered a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/january/10/manchester-united-v-aston-villa/) in the [FA Cup third round](https://www.givemesport.com/1733854-fa-cup-202122-fixtures-dates-draw-results-odds-and-everything-you-need-to-know) on Monday, but they made a great account of themselves and could consider themselves unlucky to be on the losing team.

John McGinn was one of many players praised for his performance and was given an 8/10 player rating by [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/aston-villa-player-ratings-manchester-22707087). Fans on [social media](https://twitter.com/search?q=john%20mcginn&src=typed_query&f=live) also lauded his performance and thought he was excellent over the 90 minutes.

> Mcginn is actually a baller
>
> — patrick kelly (@patrickkelly00) [January 10, 2022](https://twitter.com/patrickkelly00/status/1480652317481488388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> McGinn is proper baller man, idk how he doesn’t get his flowers
>
> — YA (@PrevB07Aafa) [January 11, 2022](https://twitter.com/PrevB07Aafa/status/1480871782341087238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/Rhind\_D/status/1480654235624775688?s=20

> John mcginn is class ain’t he
>
> — Jason Lamont (@jasonlamont72) [January 10, 2022](https://twitter.com/jasonlamont72/status/1480648853439275009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/CM4892/status/1480648344351424519?s=20

> John Mcginn is class. Shame he will become a figure of my hatred if/when he signs for Liverpool
>
> — Fraser Croll (@frasercroll) [January 11, 2022](https://twitter.com/frasercroll/status/1480834368662904835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[Against Man Utd](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1603464/LiveStatistics/England-FA-Cup-2021-2022-Manchester-United-Aston-Villa), McGinn had 69 touches, completed 73.9% of his 46 passes, had two shots with 50% hitting the target, created one chance, whipped in five crosses, made two tackles, gave away one foul, made one clearance and had one successful dribble.

The 27-year-old has made [18 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/john-mcginn/leistungsdaten/spieler/193116) in all competitions this season, scoring three goals with two assists. He [caught the attention](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-aston-villa-mcginn-transfer-24380632) of Liverpool over the summer and is [flourishing under Steven Gerrard](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19773879.ex-rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-hails-scotland-star-john-mcginn-whod-run-wall-him/), so it’s no surprise that he shone on the big stage.

McGinn isn’t daunted coming up against stellar names at big clubs and deserved to have been on the winning team.

***[In other news, fans on social media ‘can’t see’ Aston Villa selling Kortney Hause ‘without replacement’](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/01/10/fans-on-social-media-cant-see-aston-villa-selling-kortney-hause-without-replacement/)***