Morgan Rogers can’t believe what Sunderland did after Aston Villa draw - he’s furious
Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers has reacted to a controversial Sunderland social media post.
Morgan Rogers is not impressed by Sunderland’s recent social media activity after the Black Cats posted a controversial highlight from Sunday’s 1-1 draw.
Aston Villa went home frustrated as they failed to beat the resilient 10 men of Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, continuing their winless start to the new Premier League season. The hosts looked more up for the fight than Villa did, prompting Unai Emery to call his side ‘lazy’ during his post-match press conference.
Confidence has never been this low during Emery’s tenure. The Spaniard has lifted Villa from ruin to glory across Europe’s elite competitions but his side have looked a shadow of their former selves so far this season. The recent result at Sunderland has only exacerbated that.
Morgan Rogers shocked by Sunderland social media post
The exasperation has carried over into the new week and Rogers, surprisingly one of Villa’s most out-of-form players despite his incredible rise last campaign, has been triggered by a post from his most recent opponents. Sunderland, currently seventh in the Premier League, have been savouring Sunday’s performance and reliving it on their social media channels.
You can’t blame Sunderland for their delight as Villa have been such a difficult team to take points from in recent seasons, and they did it with a numerical disadvantage. Rogers hasn’t taken kindly to one of their posts, though, with the Black Cats deciding to share a video of the Villa attacking midfielder being taken out by Trai Hume.
The footage shows the Sunderland right-back completely mistiming a challenge and clattering Rogers, who had cleverly nudged the ball away. Hume was lucky to get away without a booking at the very least. The caption for the post reads, ‘Still got the ball’, with a shrugging shoulders emoji, seemingly encouraging such forceful tackling.
Rogers, who was lifted high in the air by Hume’s flailing boot, felt it was too shocking a post to ignore and decided to share it on his Instagram story, writing: “Great message to send out... dangerous tackles getting highlight reels.” Sunderland have kept the post on Instagram despite Rogers’ reaction.