Unai Emery became Pep Guardiola's kryptonite at Villa Park
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Jurgen Klopp has already suggested Unai Emery could come to regret snubbing Harvey Elliott having tried to fix his own Liverpool error. It was the German who was at the Anfield helm when Elliott signed for the club in 2019, at just 16 years old.
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery revealed he never intended for Jadon Sancho to play more than 30 minutes against Manchester City. Sancho, who started Villa’s 1-0 victory on the bench, was thrust
Jadon Sancho was taken off by Unai Emery in the second half of Aston Villa's triumph over Manchester City, despite starting the game as a substitute. However, Unai Emery maintains it was always part of his plan as the winger build his fitness up.
Unai Emery has revealed why he took Jadon Sancho off during Aston Villa's 1-0 win against Manchester City, after he brought the 25-year-old on earlier in the game as a replacement for the injured Emiliano Buendia.
Jadon Sancho was the beneficiary of Emi Buendia’s first-half injury in Aston Villa’s latest game, but also suffered the ignominy of being replaced later in the match. Buendia has been in great form for Aston Villa of late, so it was a disappointing moment for fans to see him go down injured early on at Villa Park.
Aston Villa face Manchester City on Sunday looking to bounce back from their surprise midweek defeat to Go Ahead Eagles and with Unai Emery making his demands very clear to his team on what he wants t
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Champions League game against Go Ahead Eagles at De Adelaarshorst (kick-off 17:45 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Defender Lucas Digne has been ruled out of the game because of the injury sustained in the win at Tottenham on Sunday.
At Villa, there was no era-defining manager to try and live up to. Emery could set the standard, and he fell back on his favourite formation: a 4-4-2 with a couple of standout features. The wide men in his midfields are often tens or wide forwards who excel at getting into consistent, goalscoring positions.
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