The manager’s system and refusal to look at the downsides brought a famous Villa win - and a great chance of Champions League football
It had reached the point when even a diplomatic Unai Emery could not disguise ’s position. has been the refusal to admit his team had the remote possibility of qualification. Any mere mention would be met by the same brickwall response. “We are not contenders,” he would say, briskly. “There are seven contenders other than us.” Advertisement Gradually, Emery’s answers have changed. Instead of batting off the suggestion, he would buy time, asking journalists to wait until “day 33″.
Against Arsenal, both of Villa’s first-choice midfield pivot pair were unavailable, making it the first time since April 2022 that neither nor were in the starting XI. It meant asking and to play deeper, given both, as it happened, operated in the two No 10 roles in December’s reverse fixture, when energy levels were plentiful and the toils of a campaign had not yet been felt.
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