Aston Villa lost 4-0 away at Leicester City on Monday night.
Aston Villa’s relegation fears were only heightened on Monday night as they lost 4-0 away at Champions League-chasing Leicester City.
Villa battled valiantly in the Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City, but couldn’t replicate that display in a thumping defeat at the King Power Stadium.
Harvey Barnes opened the scoring for the Foxes by rounding Pepe Reina, who came rushing off his line, and then sticking the ball into the net.
Tyrone Mings was penalised for an alleged handball, giving Jamie Vardy the chance to score from the spot, and Vardy added his second and Leicester’s third too.
Barnes rounded off the win with his second too, meaning Villa weren’t able to capitalise on defeats for Bournemouth, Watford and West Ham United over the weekend.
Dean Smith needs to find answers quickly, with Villa two points adrift of safety – and fans believe that Reina now needs to be dropped after his mistake for the opener.
Smith chose to drop 29-year-old stopper Orjan Nyland to the bench last night despite him starting and impressing against Manchester City, and fans want him back in.
Some are refusing to keep saying how Nyland is better than veteran stopper Reina, and can’t believe that Smith has benched the Norwegian in favour of Reina, calling for Nyland to be recalled against Chelsea this weekend.
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