A perfectionist and a fidget, Villa head coach Emery's body language during a game is a reliable barometer of how comfortable he feels
Whenever Unai Emery’s hands are in his pockets or his arms are folded, feel in good shape. It serves as a picture of trust in his team, of Emery, a footballing perfectionist and fidget, feeling as comfortable as he can be. Villa were 4-0 up with half an hour of last night’s game against AZ Alkmaar to go.
The question for Emery, answered eight minutes later, was whether Bailey could pick the right time and the right angle to make that inside run again. AZ’s ploy of pressing the Villa central defenders meant space was left in midfield — if the first pass was vertical and precise. When a ball up to was, it proved the trigger for Bailey to make the run Emery had hoped — from out to in — with dinking the ball over the back four.
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