The Sheffield Wednesday player began his career at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa fans are tweeting Barry Bannan after beating the midfielder’s Sheffield Wednesday side on Saturday.
Wednesday had looked the more likely winners until Bannan’s substitution due to injury in the 73rd minute, after which Villa scored twice to secure a 3-1 victory.
And several of an Aston Villa persuasion suspect the Scot’s withdrawal was a turning point for Dean Smith’s team at Hillsborough.
Here’s what they’re saying about Bannan, who spent the best part of a decade at Villa Park, on Twitter…
Gary Hooper’s first goal this season gave Sheffield Wednesday a seventh-minute lead against Aston Villa, who cancelled out the Owls’ advantage shortly afterwards through John McGinn.
Steven Fletcher then had a penalty saved by the Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer, before Albert Adomah and Tammy Abraham consigned their former boss Steve Bruce to his first defeat since taking charge at Hillsborough in January.
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The Villans’ win moved them to fifth in the Championship, three points clear of seventh-placed Derby County.
Sheffield Wednesday dropped a place to 12th meanwhile and are now five points adrift of the top six.
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