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Aston Villa suffer huge injury blow as Unai Emery confirms that Emi Martinez felt pain before being subbed off at half time against Crystal Palace.

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  • Aston Villa dealt Martinez injury blow
  • Goalkeeper was subbed off at half-time against Palace
  • Martinez unhappy with lack of clean sheets
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Emery was forced to substitute his star goalkeeper at half-time as Robin Olsen replaced the Argentine. The Villans eventually lost the clash 4-1 at Selhurst Park, and after the match, the manager confirmed that the World Cup-winning custodian had left the field after he felt some pain. The defeat forced Aston Villa to drop down to the 10th position on the league table.

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  • WHAT UNAI EMERY SAID

    Speaking to reporters, the Spanish manager said: "He was feeling yesterday a little bit of pain. He trained and today he felt good in the warm-up. In the first half, he told us he was feeling some pain so we decided to change him. I don’t exactly know (the injury). We have to test him."

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    THE BIGGER PICTURE

    The Spanish coach also expressed his concern about the team's lack of clean sheets this season. Villa have conceded a goal in all of their last 10 league matches and have kept only two clean sheets in their last 21 outings.

    The coach added: "We were speaking about clean sheets with Emi Martinez and he is concerned. He is of course, as a goalkeeper, conceding more goals than normal. We are being demanding because we are not happy — especially him. He is not happy when we are conceding a lot of goals and chances. And I think on Saturday against Chelsea, after my analysis, we conceded more chances than normal as well. This is what I am really focused on now."

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    WHAT NEXT?

    Aston Villa will be back in action on Friday as they take on Cardiff City in an FA Cup fifth-round clash.

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