Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has taken some positives after his side missed out on qualification for next season’s Champions League, Afrosport reports. Villa lost 2-0 at Manchester United on the final day of the Premier League season to ultimately finish sixth, having started the day in fifth place. The defeat denied them the chance to play with Europe’s elite for a second season in a...
Chelsea and Aston Villa defeated Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 and 2-0 respectively on Friday night to boost their hopes of Champions League football next season on the penultimate Premier League weekend, Afrosport reports. The Blues sat in fifth place level on points with sixth-placed Villa going into this game, and after a cagey affair for more than an hour at Stamford Bridge, the West...
Ollie Watkins has described becoming Aston Villa's all-time Premier League top scorer as an "unbelievable feeling”, Afrosport reports. The England forward scored the only goal in a 1-0 win away at 10-man Bournemouth on Saturday to score his 75th top-flight goal for the Villains, taking him one goal above Gabriel Agbonlahor's tally of 74 goals that stood for or seven years. Watkins stated he had set...
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is optimistic his team can qualify for next season's Champions League as the race heats up to finish in the Premier League top five, Afrosport reports. The Villains finished fourth last season which saw them return to Europe's elite competition for the first time since 1982 when they won it. The Midlands outfit went all the way to the quarter-finals this...
Unai Emery is targeting a return to the UEFA Champions League next season after their quarter-final exit in the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, Afrosport reports. The Villains lost the first leg in Paris 3-1 and almost stagged a comeback in Tuesday's return leg after scoring three goals. However, two goals by PSG condemned Villa to a 5-4 aggregate defeat, and Emery is proud of his team's...
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