JOHN MCGINN was subbed in Aston Villa’s clash with Everton amid concern from fans he was “concussed”.
The Scotland international appeared to take a knock to the face midway through the first-half as Villa welcomed Everton to Villa Park.
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McGinn played on before being replaced by Zimbabwe’s Marvelous Nakamba on 39 minutes with the score at 0-0.
Fans took to social media to question whether the 26-year-old should have been taken off sooner, with some claiming he was “concussed”.
User ‘Dion_Leadbetter’ wrote on Twitter: “Not sure how it’s taken Villa so long to take John McGinn off there, obviously not there with the concussion”
‘RJAK67’ added: “John McGinn has genuinely just played 30 odd minutes of football concussed.”
And ‘Daniel_Baines04’ added: “Why on earth was John McGinn allowed to continue? He should’ve been taken off immediately.”
Fans from both sides wished McGinn well after he started brightly, going close with a curling strike from 25 yards out.
‘WesleyBoyle5’ wrote: Such a shame for John McGinn! He’s been looking so good recently. Going to be a huge miss for the remainder of this game.”
Everton fan ‘TonyHibberto’ added: “Hope John McGinn is ok, glad he could go off.”
User ‘17menzies17’ wrote on Twitter: “The Premier League needs to look into John McGinn injury as he just played 30 minutes of the match concussed.”
