Burnley fans furious over 'unprofessional' Aston Villa club tweet

The incident occurred in the 22nd-minute when Tarkowski was shown a yellow card for a full-blooded challenge on Watkins, the scorer of Villa's opener at Turf Moor.

However, it is the reaction of Villa's admin team which has caused the biggest talking point of the evening.

It read: “22' | We're at Turf Moor, so obviously our striker has been on the end of a dreadful challenge. Tarkowski goes into the book.”

The post had certainly caught the attention of supporters across the country - and Burnley fans are furious.

“Bit unprofessional for the admin to post this. Not necessary,” one post read.

"Absolutely disgraceful from an official account. Surely this not ok by any standards,” replied an angered Clarets fan.

Another post read: "Red cards this season, Aston Villa 2 Burnley 0”.

For context, Villa fans believe it was in reference to Ben Mee’s challenge on Wesley Moraes in January 2020, which has left the Brazilian sidelined with knee ligament damage ever since.

The tweet has since been deleted.

Burnley, on the pitch, responded in the perfect fashion with a 3-2 victory.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for Villa in the first-half before Ben Mee levelled shortly after the break.

Jack Grealish put the visitors back in front but two goals in three minutes from Dwight McNeil and Chris Wood snatched a vital three points.

Sean Dyche’s men stay 15th but open up an 11-point advantage over the relegation places.