Unai Emery discusses what he found most impressive in Aston Villa’s huge win over AZ Alkmaar.
BirminghamUnai Emery reacts to his team’s stunning win over AZ Alkmaar in the latest Aston Villa news.
Unai Emery, head coach of Aston Villa, was pleased with his team’s “maturity” after a 4-1 victory over AZ Alkmaar at the AFAS Stadion.
Villa now lead Group E after their win, thanks to goals from Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans, Olly Watkins, and John McGinn. With the Dutch now four goals behind, Ibrahim Sadiq scored a consolation goal for AZ.
“We are respecting them because they played in the semi-final last year against West Ham,” he remarked. “They won against Lazio last year, they won against Anderlecht last year, and it’s because they have experience in European competitions.”
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“It’s also very important for us that they win a lot of games in their league and in Europe.” In this competition, they are completely concentrated. If we want to be a contender, we must demonstrate every day, and when we play those matches, we must demonstrate our desires to everyone. “I believe we succeeded.”
“We were talking before the game about how important the game is, trying to be competitive away and trying to get the challenge focused in 90 minutes,” he continued. We completed the task.
“I am very pleased with the players because I believe they must be mature, responsible, and demanding of themselves at all times, not just when I am pushing them.” They must strive to improve both their individual and group performance.
“Today was fantastic because it was a key match that was crucial.” We must share the same idea and mentality that we are attempting to achieve.”
