Former Aston Villa striker was unimpressed.
Former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin was unimpressed with the club’s FA Cup performance against Tottenham Hotspur.
The 2-0 defeat meant another third round exit for Villa, although many fans would have predicted this as soon as the draw was made.
Spurs are formidable opposition even with a rotated line-up, and their Premier League quality shone through against Steve Bruce’s side.
Tottenham’s Ben Davies scores their first goal
Dublin felt Villa were too defensive, and offered little to the game as a spectacle.
He told The BBC: “Aston Villa will leave here today thinking ‘what did we contribute to that game?’ I don’t think they were positive enough. I just didn’t see anything from Villa at all.
“With Villa sitting so far back, bringing on Dele Alli for striker Vincent Janssen left the Villa players with no-one to mark up front.”
Dion Dublin scoring for Aston Villa
There is no sugar coating the fact that Villa were outclassed, but there were positives to take away, with loanee Sam Johnstone doing well in goal, and the introduction of youngster Andre Green.
Another way to look at it is Villa’s fixture list is decreased, and they can focus solely on trying to put a run together in the Championship.
Aston Villa sit in 12th place in the table, seven points off the play-off places, and a promotion challenge is still possible.
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