Aston Villa news: Steve Bruce reveals why Ahmed Elmohamady was left out of squad
ASTON VILLA manager Steve Bruce has revealed why he left Ahmed Elmohamady out of his squad to play QPR.
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Egypt international Elmohamady, 30, played the full 90 minutes for his country in their 1-1 draw with Ghana last Sunday.
Alan Hutton returned to his favoured right-back position while Neil Taylor slotted in at left-back.
Mile Jedinak, who scored a hat-trick for Australia in their World Cup qualifier, was included but Bruce wanted him in case of an emergency.
Discussing Elmohamady’s omission, the Villa boss said: “I just left him completely. The same with Jedinak, I just thought I’d put Jedinak on the bench because you know what it’s going to be like here in the last 10/15 minutes if you need defensive cover.
“Elmo, I just decided to leave him out completely because he’s been all over Africa.
I just decided to leave him out completely because he’s been all over Africa
“Thankfully I got it right.”
Villa beat QPR 2-1 at Loftus Road to climb to fifth in the Championship table.
Jamie Mackie opened the scoring for the hosts but Albert Adomah struck twice to seal all three points.
A home game against Sunderland on Tuesday (7.45pm) is next up for Villa.
