Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill insists winger Ashley Young remains in top form.
O'Neill has hit back at his critics and insisted that Young, last season's PFA Young Player of the Year, is performing as well as ever.
He said: "This idea that people say that he's not had the season as before, I just don't agree with that.
"Maybe it is because James Milner has had such a great season, and perhaps because Ashley has been overlooked for a squad or two, so people think he mustn't be doing this or that any more.
"But I can only go on the evidence of my own eyes and I think he is as good as ever, if not better."