Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has explained dropping Tyrone Mings for defeat to West Ham.
The England international was left out when healthy for the first time since joining Villa in 2019 and replaced by Kortney Hause in the starting XI for yesterday's visit of the Hammers. But the decision, one of the biggest of Smith's Villa tenure, did not pay dividends as the visitors ran out 4-1 winners.
Mings was on the pitch when David Moyes' team scored their final two goals, having replaced Emi Buendia after Ezri Konsa's 53rd minute sending-off.
Smith said: “There is a big call whenever you are selecting the team. We changed system and went with a back four.
“They are very powerful from set pieces and Kortney is very good from them. Tyrone has probably not been playing at the top of his game.
“I made football decisions. Some players were not available to us, hence Leon Bailey starting. He still needs minutes under his belt. Tyrone took it like a professional, like I expected him too."
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