Aston Villa boss Unai Emery confirmed that Emi Martinez was substituted at half-time during the 4-1 defeat to Crystal Palace due to discomfort.
The goalkeeper was replaced by Robin Olsen with Villa trailing 1-0 at the break.
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Martinez had conceded in the 29th minute after parrying Chris Richards’ header into the path of Ismaila Sarr, who tapped in.
"He was feeling yesterday a little bit of pain," Emery said after the 4-1 loss.
"He trained and today he felt good in the warm-up.
"In the first half he told us he was feeling some pain so we decided to change him. I don’t exactly (the injury). We have to test him."