Aston Villa star Jhon Duran got here beneath criticism from membership icon Gabby Abgonlahor on Saturday night after his poor efficiency towards Nottingham Forest – earlier than the previous Villans man deleted his publish as soon as the Colombian opened the scoring.

Duran was elected to start out over Ollie Watkins within the East Midlands following his purpose towards RB Leipzig within the Champions League in midweek, with the England striker dropping to the bench as Unai Emery continues to reward his gamers for sturdy type. But it surely wasn’t a really perfect outing from the 21-year-old, resulting in Abgonlahor’s criticism.

Abgonlahor Slates Jhon Duran For Poor First Half Outing

The Colombian wasn’t nice within the opening interval however he notched as soon as once more within the Premier League

With the on-fire striker – reportedly on £75,000-per-week – scoring but once more in Villa colors, Agbonlahor was left with egg on his face – and though the publish on X (previously Twitter) has now been deleted, followers have been fast to screenshot the publish from the previous Holte Finish favorite – who scored 74 Premier League targets for his boyhood membership.

The publish learn: “If Watkins had a primary half like that…”, which was adopted by a shrugging emoji.

Nevertheless, Duran scored with a neat header from a John McGinn cross – although Villa blew their lead by conceding targets within the 87th minute and the 93rd minute, as their barely underwhelming begin to the season continues.

The Birmingham-based membership sit three factors behind Forest, understanding {that a} win would have momentarily put them fourth within the Premier League; however their loss might see them slip so far as eighth within the desk.

Emery’s males are flying in Europe, and two wins over Monaco and Celtic within the ultimate two recreation weeks of the season will see them mathematically qualify for the final 16 knockout section, avoiding the play-off stage within the course of – however they are going to be wanting Duran and Watkins on high type.

Watkins has seven targets in 22 video games in all competitions, which implies the previous Brentford star hasn’t fairly been at his greatest, in comparison with his 27 strikes in simply 53 video games final season. And with Duran notching 11 targets in simply 24 appearances, of which solely 5 have been begins, he is definitely knocking on the door for everlasting begins within the top-flight and on the continent.

Statistics courtesy of WhoScored. Appropriate as of 15-12-24.