Jhon Duran was sent off during Aston Villa's defeat to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Thursday afternoon, and he has subsequently blown his chance to cement himself above Ollie Watkins in the pecking order, with Unai Emery being proven right for sidelining the Colombian for much of the season.

Aston Villa intend to appeal against the red card received by Jhon Duran for violent conduct against Newcastle United with Unai Emery saying any ban for his striker would be “hard to accept”. Duran, 21,

"We stuck together as a team, tried to do as good as we could and I'm proud of the team for showing that mentality." "We've just got to try to be better - myself first - just try to get as many points as we can.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery rages over Jhon Duran red card at Newcastle - The Spaniard could not understand why VAR did not intervene.

Unai Emery has called for ‘respect’ from Newcastle United assistant Jason Tindall after he was sent off during his side’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Newcastle sealed their victory and have moved up to fifth in the Premier League with goals from Anthony Gordon,

NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) -Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Thursday with goals from Anthony Gordon, Alexander Isak and Joelinton while Jhon Duran was sent off for the visitors who crashed to a fifth straight away defeat.

Alan Shearer believes Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran was hard done by with his red card in Saturday’s heavy loss to Newcastle United.Villa were already 1-0 down to a second-minute Anthony Gordon