Harvey Elliott was not in the Aston Villa squad for their win over Manchester City on Sunday and Unai Emery said it was simply down to his performances not being good enough.

The midfielder is on loan from Liverpool for the season but he is yet to have the impact he was hoping for at Villa Park.

The 22-year-old has made four Premier League appearances for the Villains but just one of those came in the starting XI when he was taken off at half-time.

He has not played since a brief appearance against Feyenoord in the Europa League on October 2 and was not even on the bench against Manchester City on Sunday.

Villa won the game 1-0 thanks to a goal from Matty Cash and Emery was asked about Elliott’s absence after the impressive victory.

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