Aston Villa star Ezri Konsa set for a spell on the sidelines leaving his England involvement in doubt... as Unai Emery faces a nervous wait over key defender's fitness

Ezri Konsa faces a spell connected nan sidelines aft nan Aston Villa defender suffered an wounded that is group to norm him retired of England duty.

The centre-back damaged a hamstring pursuing a situation from Rasmus Hojlund early successful Villa’s 0-0 tie pinch Manchester United connected Sunday and was instantly substituted. 

He will beryllium assessed by England medics up of nan Nations League fixtures against Greece and Finland but it seems hugely doubtful that he will beryllium included.

Villa leader Unai Emery does not cognize nan grade of Konsa’s wounded but arsenic nan club’s astir accordant defender, immoderate lengthy absence would put immense strain connected Villa’s bid to compete successful some nan Premier League and Champions League.

‘I don’t cognize if it’s a large aliases mini injury,’ said Emery. ‘The players who do not play pinch their nationalist teams person to remainder now and we will effort to get players for illustration Amadou Onana, Jacob Ramsey and John McGinn backmost successful nan adjacent 2 weeks.

‘Hopefully we will soon person Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings disposable aft semipermanent injuries and past we person Emiliano Buendia who is getting fitter.’ 

Villa delivered a strangely level show aft nan precocious of their 1-0 triumph complete Bayern Munich successful nan Champions League past Wednesday and did not frighten arsenic overmuch arsenic usual.

They did create nan champion chance of nan crippled successful nan closing minutes, erstwhile Jaden Philogene’s goalbound effort was deflected wide by Diogo Dalot.

Emery admitted: ‘We played successful Europe and past played a squad for illustration United, who ever request a batch of us. We mislaid to them astatine location past season.

‘We were readying to enforce ourselves connected nan game, predominate and effort to hide what we did against Bayern. 

'We wanted to play pinch each our power but possibly successful nan 2nd half we needed to freshen things up – but we didn’t person nan options because players for illustration McGinn and Ramsey are injured.

‘But we person vanished this period well. We person met our target of being successful nan apical 5 and challenging successful Europe.’

United would emotion to beryllium successful Villa’s position. Boss Erik 10 Hag remains nether unit pinch his squad 14th successful nan array up of nan world break and admitted his broadside were fortunate not to beryllium reduced to 10 men successful nan 2nd half, erstwhile Marcus Rashford escaped a 2nd yellowish paper for tripping Philogene.

Ten Hag added: ‘It was possibly a 2nd foul though it would person been harsh. The champion thought was to return him disconnected afterwards to protect him and nan team.’