Aston Villa fans have jumped to the defence of Jack Grealish after the midfielder was accused of diving in matches this season.
This comes after Villa fan Twitter account @Total_Villa shared a post on their page of a clip of a foul on Grealish in their recent 2-0 victory over Newcastle United.
The tweet was captioned to show that Grealish did not dive in the match.
This post then gathered some replies from Villa fans who were eager to stick up for their star man.
Here’s a sample of Villa fans defending Grealish:
Blatant push
— james avfc (@jamesgr76875698) November 27, 2019
Anyone would have gone down from that push
— Malc. Jeffrey Rhodes (@MalcRhodes) November 26, 2019
Cant believe there wasn’t a card for that
— James (@jay_billingham) November 26, 2019
The 24-year-old was booked for simulation in Villa’s match against Crystal Palace earlier on in the season.
In Monday’s win against Newcastle, the midfielder won a free-kick for his team that Conor Hourihane scored to put Dean Smith’s side 1-0 up in the victory.
Did Jack Grealish dive to win Villa's free-kick?
Yes
No
The only way they can stop him.
— Craig Harries (@charries) November 27, 2019
End of story you crnt push people in back
— Jay Etheridge (@JayEtheridge4) November 27, 2019
Was a stupid decision from Yedlin!!
— DarrenWhite (@DarrenW14991679) November 26, 2019
What do we think?
It’s obvious that the majority of Villa fans are going to stick up for Grealish when he gets criticised for diving. Whether he does or doesn’t dive is only known by the player himself, but what is clear is that he was clearly pushed in the back by Yedlin as he approached Newcastle’s box.
Grealish will be thrilled to see how the Villa fans have stuck up for him in this instance.