An Aston Villa groundsman has slammed Liverpool legend Graeme Souness for his criticism of the pitch last night.
The reigning champions were beaten all ends up by Villa on Sunday in a crushing 7-2 defeat.
Speaking during his punditry duties for Sky Sports, former Liverpool captain Souness said: "What I would say, Villa, and it's the same for both teams, I think they've left the grass longer than normal to slow Liverpool's movement.
"All the top teams want short grass, a fast pitch. That doesn't look like a fast pitch to me."
A member of Villa's ground staff team, Eddie Mills, hit back, posting to social media: "Graeme Souness's uneducated comments about the Villa pitch are insulting to all the massively hardworking groundsman up and down the country who put their hearts and souls into their proud work! #clueless. "
