Steven Gerrard: Lucas Digne could miss rest of Aston Villa season
Villa fear Lucas Digne could miss the rest of the season with a collarbone injury suffered late in Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Tottenham.
The left-back was forced off with 10 minutes remaining after being caught by Sergio Reguilon and will undergo a scan in the next 24 hours.
But Villa boss Steven Gerrard admitted the initial prognosis was not promising.
He said: “We are concerned and worried about it. He is in a sling right now. I think we have a collarbone issue more than a shoulder issue.
“If it is what we fear it could be season-ending. We will analyse it in the next 24 hours in terms of scans but the doctors are telling me they are worried. That normally tells you a story.”
Digne’s injury compounded a frustrating day for Villa, who were condemned to their heaviest defeat of the season by Son Heung-min's hat-trick.
The South Korea international opened the scoring inside three minutes and then netted twice in the space of four second half minutes after Dejan Kulusevski had increased the advantage.
Villa dominated the first half after going behind but paid the price for poor finishing, while they also came up against an inspired goalkeeper in Hugo Lloris.
He said: “The first half was the best performance we have had together. I can’t remember many times in my career when I have been proud and happy going off a pitch 1-0 down.
“Outside of the goal, in terms of what you are asking your players to do on the pitch, I thought we were dominant and aggressive. We suffocated Tottenham and made it about them from a defensive point of view. We created enough chances to win more than one game.
“The second goal was a real blow to us. Defensively from our point of view it was extremely poor, to allow someone to have so much space to get a shot away in your box. The third and fourth goals were no better on the eye either. They were ruthless in terms of their quality and that is why the scoreline was what it was.”
