Villa conceded two early goals against PSG at Villa Park.
Fans think Unai Emery made one key mistake ahead of Aston Villa’s Champions League quarter-final second leg that has so far cost them massively against Paris Saint-Germain.
Villa went 2-0 down inside 30 minutes through goals from PSG full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes.
Both goals came from counter attacks and exposed defensive frailties from the hosts, with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez making an error for the first goal before Villa were caught with too many players up the pitch for the second.
But Villa fans think Emery’s main selection error came in the attacking third.
The hosts did pull a goal back through Youri Tielemans to make it 5-2 on aggregate before half-time.
There have been question marks raised over why top scorer Ollie Watkins, nor star attacking midfielder Marco Asensio were picked in the starting line-up.
Watkins was suffering from a knee injury around the international break but has returned to full fitness, and said on Monday that he was ‘not happy’ with his recent regular cameos from the bench.
Emery instead picked the in-form Marcus Rashford up front, but fans think that space could have at least been made for the pair of them and fellow attacker Morgan Rogers.
One fan wrote: “I don’t see why Emery is making Rashford and Watkins rotate up front, instead of starting both together. Obvious attack would surely be Rashford, Asensio, Rogers behind Watkins.”
A second said: “Ollie Watkins not starting in Villa’s biggest game of the season is mental.”
A third asked: “Why’s Unai Emery benching Marco Asensio in back-to-back games?”
A fourth wrote: “He has to get Asensio and Watkins on now.”
