Aston Villa fans react to James Chester display

Aston Villa failed to win against Reading at Villa Park in the Championship on Saturday.

James Chester of Aston Villa during the Sky Bet Championship match between Hull City and Aston Villa at KCOM Stadium on August 6, 2018 in Hull, England.

Aston Villa fans have taken to social networking site Twitter to give their reaction to the performance of James Chester against Reading at home.

Chester featured for Villa in their Championship game against Reading at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon.

The 29-year-old former Hull City central defender – who joined Villa from West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 2016 for a transfer fee reported by The Daily Mail to be worth £9 million – started the match and played for the entire 90 minutes.

After a goalless first half, Ahmed Elmohamady put the Villans in the lead on 51 minutes.

The visiting Royals restored parity in the third minute of injury time when Sam Baldock found the target from the penalty spot.

The penalty was conceded by Wales international central defender Chester when he brought down Josh Sims inside the Villa box.

Villa fans were not pleased with Chester’s mistake in the final moments of the game, and many have criticised on Twitter.

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Below are some of the best comments:

James Chester of Aston Villa during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Dynamo Dresden and Aston Villa at the DDV Stadion on July 28, 2018 in Dresden, Germany.

Last #AVFC point.

Not just Potatohead.

The glory boys, the fans faves…Chester? Idiotic tackle in 93rd min. Utterly clueless.

Grealish? 0 goals & 1 assist (a corner!) in 5 games. Against 4 poor teams. £30m Prem player? Give me a break.

McGinn is the only shining light.
— A.M.C (@Conway1Alex) August 25, 2018

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Annoyed we let 3 points slip away today, but having seen the highlights it did seem like a poorly timed challenge by Chester for the pen. Not a bad start to the season tho really. #Patience #AVFC
— Cratz (@HeatonSamuel) August 25, 2018

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If Villa are going for promotion we need to learn to see games out & no its not Bruce’s fault, he didn’t tell the keeper to make a mistake at Ipswich & he can’t help that a tackle from Chester ends up a penalty. That’s 4 points lost due to individual basics. Open your eyes #AVFC
— The AV Interaction (@AVInteraction) August 25, 2018

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How the hell can bruce have a pop at Chester. He’s doing the job of 3 defenders. He’s helping axel who isn’t a rb, he’s covering jedinaks arse for every error he makes plus his own position. Help Chester out Bruce instead of hanging him out to dry! #avfc
— villa_views (@villanews11) August 25, 2018

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Opinions on todays match: players need to stop being so selfish, set someone up whose in a better position.
Nyland pulled off a worldie triple save. Much better kicking too.
Chester shouldn’t have dived in.
RHM or Adomah should have been on for Grealish.
2 points dropped #avfc
— Meaks89FM (@Richard_Meakin) August 25, 2018

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At least today we played very well in the first half, but somehow didn’t score. McGinn really should of scored whilst Chester hit the crossbar and El Ghazi went close. For the pen Chester definitely at fault. No need to go down in that position #avfc
— AVFCchats (@AVFCchats) August 25, 2018

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Agree Jedi ain’t a CB. Agreed Axel should play CB. But McGinn chose not to pass to an open Kodjia in first 20secs. Chester made a terrible decision. Kodjia was poor. So the stats are all in our favour, exactly how did Bruce make those players make stupid decisions? pic.twitter.com/Zpfhy1Gvxx
— Fran Gorman (@Weeman78AVFC) August 25, 2018

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Overall Chester should never of gone for that tackle!!! Just shadow I’m out there was no way anything would of came from it anyway ffs. Expect better from the cap #avfc
— Oli (@oli_utv) August 25, 2018

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Really? He had a lapse in concentration, thought the keeper was coming, panicked & dived in recklessly. Penalty from where I was sitting in North Stand. Poor from Chester imo.
— Simon Lines (@simonlines) August 25, 2018

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Didn’t think we played as well as we did the other night but looked very comfortable against a poor Reading side until the last 10 mins. Had a massive let off with Nyland rescuing us. No need for Chester to dive in to give the referee an option though. So annoying. #AVFC
— Dale Parkes (@dale_villain) August 25, 2018

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Absolutely no need for Chester to dive in to the challenge there. We faded after a good first 20 minutes. Yet again we seem to draw too many games #avfc
— Lee Bickerton (@Lee_Bickerton) August 25, 2018

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James Chester of Aston Villa in action during a training session at the club's training ground at Bodymoor Heath on August 10, 2018 in Birmingham, England.

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Aston Villa fans react to James Chester display