Fuming Simon Jordan slams Aston Villa for one of worst Premier League performances ever

Simon Jordan tore Aston Villa to shreds for their abject display against Tottenham on Sunday.

Unai Emery made seven changes to his Villa side that lost 2-1 at home to give relegation-threatened Spurs a huge boost.

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Goals from Conor Gallagher and Richarlison before half-time were enough for Roberto De Zerbi’s side as Emi Buendia’s late strike was too late to impact the outcome.

Emery heavily rotated his team with Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Nottingham Forest in mind, which they trail 1-0.

Villa’s form has been alarming, with three straight defeats, and former Crystal Palace owner Jordan took them to task.

Speaking on Tuesday’s White and Jordan, he said: “Tottenham were good, better. But the more Tottenham got into that game, the more they realised that Aston Villa were going to do absolutely bugger all, let alone lift a leg. 

“Tottenham got bolder and bolder and looked better.

“No one’s taking it away from Spurs. I’m glad they got a result.

“The fact is that Aston Villa put top players in there, not mugs. If you’re an Aston Villa fan, go and watch that game, having paid a lot of money for it, despite the fact you’ve got a big game coming in the week, and we know that you just played, and you’re going to be a bit leggy. That’s why you made the changes. 

“But even the manager, he looked completely nonplussed, disengaged, completely out of sorts.

“I don’t think you should be questioning integrity. I think you should be calling it what it was, an absolute disgrace of a performance. 

“Spurs must have been rubbing their hands, thinking we are never, ever going to get a better opportunity to play such a slovenly, disengaged, unmotivated, chaotic, poor side as Aston Villa.”

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He added: “That is as bad a Premier League performance as I think I have ever seen, even watching Derby and watching Wolves. They were so disconnected, so disengaged, so disinterested, so under-aroused that it made Spurs look like PSG.”

Jordan also went on to call out some of the players in that performance too,from Tyrone Mings to Youri Tielemans and Tammy Abraham.

He added: “Look at the players that were in that team. Look at the noise and the experience around. We had to listen to Tyrone Mings over the years about what he thinks he’s entitled to. That performance in that side was abject.

“Tielemans was abject, Ross Barkley was a mile off. Tammy Abraham didn’t lift a leg. They were shocking.

“I’m not just saying it because I’ve got any dog in the fight or axe to grind.

“I sat there watching, they’re just cheats. They cheated the paying public out of a performance.”

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Co-host Jim White said Jordan sounds almost angry about this and he added: “Because I think it’s an appalling way to play.”

Emery defends his decision

Villa did not break any league rules by making several changes to the starting line-up and Emery was forced to defend the decision after the game.

He said: “I have been here for three and a half years now and I don’t forget how we have done everything.

“Some of these players were winning several matches in a row earlier in the season.

“Now we have 58 points after 35 games of the season. I am so proud of the players. I am not linking the changes in the team to the results.

“We also lost at Nottingham Forest and at Fulham last weekend. When we beat Sunderland here I also made changes, but because we won, nobody said anything.

“We lost here because Tottenham played better than us. We must be realistic about everything. I don’t change my mind or my point of view.”