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Aston Villa: These fans slam Nigel Pearson for latest comments

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Aston Villa fans have been reacting negatively to comments made by Nigel Pearson after seeing his side lose to Villa in midweek. 

This comes after Villa news Twitter account @AVFC_News shared a post on their page that included a post from the Birmingham Mail on Pearson’s comments.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Pearson revealed that his players were “incensed” that Tyrone Mings did not receive a second yellow card for a handball decision before the Englishman scored Villa’s winning goal in the 2-1 victory.

Should Tyrone Mings have been sent off in the Watford match?

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This post then gathered a lot of replies from Villa fans who were not best pleased with Pearson’s assessment.

Here’s a sample of Villa fans responding to Pearson’s comments:

Mings scored the last-gasp winning goal for the home side after a shot from Ezri Konsa ricocheted off the Englishman to fly past Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster in the dying minutes of the match (per BBC Sport). Pearson’s quotes after the match led to a lot of Villa fans replying on Twitter with their arguments on the matter.

What do we think?

While Pearson is clearly not happy with seeing his team blow a one-goal lead to lose with the last kick of the game, his attempt to blame the match officials for not sending off Mings is a poor excuse.

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