{"id":1100989,"date":"2019-08-10T19:27:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1100989"},"modified":"2019-08-10T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:32:04","slug":"aston-villas-impressive-john-mcginn-compared-to-raphael-van-der-vaart","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/aston-villas-impressive-john-mcginn-compared-to-raphael-van-der-vaart\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa goalscorer John McGinn compared to Van der Vaart after Spurs display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aston Villa\u2019s John McGinn has been compared to Rafael van der Vaart after an impressive performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Scottish international continues to get better and better following his first-half goal against Spurs.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How good can John McGinn be? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>McGinn joined Villa from Hibs in August 2018.<\/li>\n<li>The Scotsman played a key part in Villa\u2019s return to the Premier League, winning their Player of the Year.<\/li>\n<li>The 24-year-old scored six goals in 41 Championship games as Villa won the play-offs.<\/li>\n<li>McGinn became the first Scottish player to score on his Premier League debut since Matt Phillips did so for Blackpool in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>The Villa midfielder was compared to Rafael van der Vaart by Jamie Redknapp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7336082-10-predictions-for-the-2019-20-premier-league-season<\/p>\n<p>Villa faced a very difficult opening fixture as they returned to the Premier League for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Smith\u2019s side had to absorb a lot of early pressure from Tottenham before a wonderful break-away goal and finish by McGinn gave Villa the lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2010 &#8211; John McGinn is the first Scottish player to score on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@premierleague<\/a> debut since Matt Phillips in September 2010 (for Blackpool vs Blackburn). Hero. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOTAVL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOTAVL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P2v8SsieQs\">pic.twitter.com\/P2v8SsieQs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJoe\/status\/1160231416002691072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A long ball forward saw Wesley overpower Sanchez and McGinn raced through, waited for Danny Rose to commit himself before sliding the ball into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>His performance clearly impressed Jamie Redknapp, who compared the midfielder\u2019s display and finish to that of Rafael van der Vaart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn McGinn has been the most impressive player on the pitch \u2013 he\u2019s the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe finish reminds me of you, Rafa (Rafael van der Vaart).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United vs Chelsea Squawka Tactics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELGfIPxGBqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman was equally impressed by McGinn&#8217;s run and finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I used to sometimes wait for the defender to slide, great finish,\u201d said the former Spurs man.<\/p>\n<p>McGinn\u2019s overall performance was exceptional despite losing to a rampant second-half effort from the hosts. He was full of energy and made more tackles (8) than any other player on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Scotsman will have a big part to play in Villa\u2019s campaign and Dean Smith will be hoping this is a of things to come from the Glasgow-born midfielder.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa\u2019s John McGinn has been compared to Rafael van der Vaart after an impressive performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Scottish international continues to get better and better following his first-half goal against Spurs. How good can John McGinn be? Five key things to know\u2026 McGinn joined Villa from Hibs in August 2018&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":1100995,"parent":0,"menu_order":5711,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1100989","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa goalscorer John McGinn compared to Van der Vaart after Spurs display | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/aston-villas-impressive-john-mcginn-compared-to-raphael-van-der-vaart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aston Villa goalscorer John McGinn compared to Van der Vaart after Spurs display\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aston Villa\u2019s John McGinn has been compared to Rafael van der Vaart after an impressive performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 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