Aston Villa duo Callum O’Hare and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy are currently on loan a Carlisle United and Cambridge United, respectively.
Many Aston Villa fans on Twitter were delighted with the performances of Callum O’Hare and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy during Carlise United’s 2-2 draw with Cambridge United on Saturday.
Striker Hepburn-Murphy, who started for Cambridge, opened the scoring early on in the game with a low strike, but his Villa teammate, who was playing for the opposition team, set-up two goals to give his side the lead just before the break.
The game ended in a draw, but Villa supporters on Twitter were delighted with the Villa loanees who are gaining valuable experience in League Two.
Some Villa fans stated that O’Hare has a ‘big future’ ahead of him as they predicted him to be part of Dean Smith’s plans next season.
While another supporter pointed out that it was an ‘interesting day’ for Villa, who had a number of loan players participating in the Football League, especially the above two playing in the same match.
All in all, whilst Premier League and Championship football takes a break because of the international matches, the Villa Park faithful were delighted to hear some positive news about their youngsters.
Here is a selection of Villa fans reacting on Twitter:
Both O’Hare and Hepburn-Murphy have tasted first-team football and they will want to cement their place in the senior side once their loan deals expire in the summer.
At this moment in time, Villa are sitting in the final play-off spot and they could well find themselves playing Premier League football next term if they continue their recent run of form.
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