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Tim Sherwood has slammed Lucas Digne for trying to blame his Aston Villa teammates for a mistake he made against Spurs at the weekend.
Traveling to face Ange Postecoglou’s Lilywhites on Sunday, Villa were looking to get something out of London and continue their march towards the European places.
Although Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, Unai Emery’s side ended up suffering their worst defeat of the season.
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A comeback from the home side in the second half saw Villa dismantled. Goals from Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-min and dubbed by Dominic Solanke secured a 4-1 win for Postecoglou and kept Villa out of the Champions League places.
Tim Sherwood slams Lucas Digne for ‘blaming’ his Aston Villa teammates
And discussing the role Digne played in Johnson’s crucial equaliser, Sherwood highlighted the Frenchman’s body language as an area of ​​concern.
Sherwood believes Digne was too “focused and preoccupied” with fellow defender Pedro Porro, even though Johnson was the man to score.
“They will always be a threat, Tottenham, no matter what happens, you feel they will always score goals.” Sherwood said Premier League productions after Sunday’s game.
“Son is great here. Delivery is great. Johnson drifts to Digne’s blind side. He doesn’t even see him. He’s got Pedro Porro. That’s all he’s focused on. That’s all he cares about and he hasn’t even seen Johnson behind him.
“He keeps looking at Porro. His body shape is wrong. Sonny is doing his job on the other side of the pitch. He just sneaks in behind him. Not once has he seen him. He sees at the wrong time when he’s celebrating. It’s the first time he sees him, then he throws his arms up and down and tries to blame someone else.”
Ian Maatsen in line to start Champions League?
Villa return to action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge in the Champions League.
Top of the table ahead of Tuesday night’s round of fixtures, Emery will be desperate for his side to continue their unbeaten European run.
However, given his poor performance at the weekend, Digne could be left on the bench and replaced by summer signing and former Chelsea full-back Ian Maatsen.
