Aston Villa fans react to Goal of the Season announcement

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Derby County’s 1-1 draw with Swansea City last night means that Aston Villa are now guaranteed to finish the Championship season in fifth.

Securing a place in the top-six seemed unlikely a few months ago with Dean Smith’s men languishing in mid-table. A stunning run of 10 wins and a draw have propelled the Villans into promotion contention, however.

The play-off opponents for Villa will either be Leeds United or West Brom. Given that the Whites would need to lose at bottom club Ipswich to be overtaken by the Baggies, it looks highly like to be their West Midlands rivals over two legs.

The return to fitness of Jack Grealish has been a big plus for Smith’s side. He returned to the team for a 4-0 drubbing of Derby County in March and Villa haven’t looked back.

A Grealish-inspired Villans outfit hasn’t tasted defeat since he returned to the fray and yesterday he was awarded the Goal of the Season accolade.

The 23-year-old’s matchwinner in a 2-1 win over Rotherham United has claimed the award. Grealish’s mazy run, followed by a neat one-two with Ahmed Elmohamady before a tidy finish beyond the Millers keeper has claimed the end of the season award.

Following the announcement, Villa fans took to Twitter – and they weren’t happy! John McGinn scored one of the best goals the Championship has seen all season in September and many supporters felt that was a more worthy winner. Likewise, Grealish scored arguably a better goal than the one at Rotherham against Derby during his first game back following an injury.

We rounded up the best reactions following the club announcing the Goal of the Season.

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https://twitter.com/JamesTuzzio/status/1123701017504362496

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