da jogodeouro： Lots of Aston Villa fans took to social media to share their thoughts on Jack Grealish failing his fitness test, after the Birmingham-based outfit announced that the midfielder would not be facing Liverpool on Saturday.
da bet7： Grealish played no part in Dean Smith’s plans against Jurgen Klopp’s title-chasing Reds, despite being at Villa Park, having been unable to pass a late fitness test on Saturday morning following a severe bleed in his calf.
Smith had hoped that adrenaline would carry Grealish over the line, but it was decided best to rest the 24-year-old after he took a whack in the closing stages of last week’s defeat at Manchester City.
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Grealish also sat out the midweek Carabao Cup clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers, which was the first game the Villa captain had missed across all competitions this season.
The attacking midfielder had scored two goals in his last three Premier League appearances, coming against Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as finding the back of the net in his EFL Cup outings against Crewe Alexander and the Seagulls.
Only Ahmed El Mohamady had created more key passes per ninety minutes than Grealish in the Premier League for Villa in the opening ten games of the season, as well, with the Egyptian averaging 2.7 to the 24-year-old’s 2.5.
Anwar El Ghazi was the man tasked with replacing Grealish, though, after the Dutchman returned to Smith’s starting line-up after scoring against Wolves in the week.
Here are some of the reactions shared when Villa announced that Grealish was not in Smith’s squad to face Liverpool on Saturday…