Aston Villa defender Matt Targett credits assistant manager John Terry for his improvement.

The 25-year-old's progress has coincided with Villa's, and the defender puts part of that down to Zoom meetings with Smith and Terry during the first lockdown.

“We did a lot of Zoom meetings and watched clips of the best teams defending, like Liverpool and Man City," he told The Times . “They work so hard on the ball but even harder off the ball.

“We go through clips and say what I've done well, what I need to improve on.

“If my body shape's wrong, John goes up to the screen and shows me the body shape I should be in."

And Terry also uses his experience of being part of one of the best defences in Premier League history to help the Villa players.

“He talks about what made them so good," Targett added. “He's trying to pass it on to us. He's probably one of the best people to learn from."