Aston Villa threw away a golden chance to close the gap on the top six, blowing a two goal lead at home to Preston.

With Sheffield Wednesday losing to Brighton last night, Villa knew that they could close the gap on the top six today to a more respectable seven points but they missed the opportunity.

Villa opened the scoring on 22 minutes when Albert Adomah beat Chris Maxwell in the Preston goal. The Ghanaian doubled his and Villa's tally from the spot after getting what has been described as a 'debatable' penalty.

However, Preston came out a different side in the second half and a spirited display saw Jordan Hugill pull a goal back on 64 minutes. The comeback was complete 12 minutes later when Hugill doubled his tally to down Villa.

A point wasn't what Steve Bruce would've been hoping for today given the result at Brighton last night, so he and Villa fans were clearly dejected.

Here's how the devastated Villa fans reacted on twitter...