Dean Smith insists Aston Villa are not in a crisis and has urged his players to roll their sleeves up for the battle at Burnley on January 1. A 3-0 loss at Watford on Saturday ensured the newly-promoted club would finish 2019 in the relegation zone. “A crisis is when you are down to 12 players and you are getting beat 7-0 or 8-0 every week, so there will be no crisis meeting,” Smith said. We played with a 4-2-3-1 (at Watford) and played with a 4-4-1-1 on Thursday,” Smith added. But Smith admitted: “It is difficult when younger players are going through runs as we are at the moment.

Source: Express December 31, 2019 22:30 UTC