Unai Emery spoke to the press after Aston Villa’s defeat at Liverpool in the Premier League
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery sat down with the media after Aston Villa’s 2-0 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield.
Darwin Nunez broke the deadlock in the 20th minute, before Mohamed Salah punished Villa for not taking their chances late on. Here’s every word Emery told the media in his post-match press conference…
Unai, your thoughts on the performance?
“Obviously the result is not good. How we played in 90 minutes trying to be competitive to get points here, it was more or less the plan we had. We conceded two transitions. We knew before that they were strong in transitions with the players they have. Even like that they did it..
“But how we played and are building a team, also some players getting better, I am confident. I am confident because I think we are in the right way after this match.
We wanted to get points, but today against Liverpool we can accept the result because they are really feeling strong at home and not really dominating and creating chances against us. They won and we accept it.
There were two contentious penalty decisions against Watkins and Torres – your thoughts on those two?
“I only watched the Pau Torres action. With VAR, for me it was clearly a penalty because he pulled the shirt of Pau Torres. I know that in Europe this is a penalty. In this situation it was clear. I always respect the decisions of referees and I accept it, but for me, when I watched it, with VAR it was a clear penalty.
“Of course, it was a very important moment in the game because if we could have the chance to shoot the penalty, maybe the match would have been different. I accept the result and the referee’s decision. I don’t agree and then with the players I am confident we will recover and again find our way for the season.”
