Sheffield Wednesday were beaten 3-1 by Aston Villa at Hillsborough yesterday.
Villa won 3-1 against Wednesday yesterday, with the victory serving as a major boost to their promotion hopes.
However, the claret and blues were not at their best at Hillsborough, and Grealish struggled to get involved in the contest.
Wednesday were arguably the better side for the second half of the contest, and they generally kept Grealish quiet.
Hutchinson was tasked by Steve Bruce to man-mark the playmaker, and he stuck to his task admirably.
But Grealish managed to help Albert Adomah to score what proved to be a decisive goal.
And Smith said: “Sam Hutchinson has done a great job on Jack Grealish. He was having one of his quieter games for us, being man to man mark. But give a quality player and inch and he can go and provide something.”
Villa’s win over Wednesday is now their sixth victory in a row and boosts their chances of making the play offs considerably.
Bruce’s Wednesday side, on the other hand, may well be out of the race for promotion now.
The Owls now trail the play off spots by six points with just six games remaining.
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