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Scotland boss Steve Clark praying for good news after John McGinn suffers injury scare in Aston Villa's shock defeat to Everton

Scotland boss Steve Clarke will be praying John McGinn isn’t seriously injured after the midfielder was forced to limp off during Aston Villa’s shock 1-0 home defeat to Everton.

Villa’s skipper was removed in the 18th minute on Sunday, and his exit proved to be a bad omen for Unai Emery’s men as Thierno Barry scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark.

The 31-year-old Scotland talisman appeared to hurt himself while stretching to intercept a pass. He tried to play on following treatment, but was clearly in pain while holding his right knee, and manager Emery was forced into making a change.