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December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🗣 Unai Emery: “So happy. We finished this week playing like we need to, competing, demanding ourselves, adapting & playing with personality. Dominating sometimes, being intense & aggressive when we needed. Villa Park is special, the supporters transmit the energy to us."
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December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🗣 Unai Emery: “So happy. We finished this week playing like we need to, competing, demanding ourselves, adapting & playing with personality. Dominating sometimes, being intense & aggressive when we needed. Villa Park is special, the supporters transmit the energy to us."
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🗣 Emi Buendia: "Incredible, the feeling to score that goal and help the team get the win, an important win against the table leaders. Really proud to help the team and score that goal. Very happy.
"We have to keep doing our job and stay focussed on us and prepare every game."
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"We have to keep doing our job and stay focussed on us and prepare every game."
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December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Exceptional game of football finished in most perfect of ways with Emi Buendia getting the winner. The tactical approach to exploit weaknesses, the defensive discipline & grit, the Emi Martinez save, just a stunning win to keep building this winning mentality under Emery.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Exceptional game of football finished in most perfect of ways with Emi Buendia getting the winner. The tactical approach to exploit weaknesses, the defensive discipline & grit, the Emi Martinez save, just a stunning win to keep building this winning mentality under Emery.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
HT: Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Excellent intensity & effort to get a foothold, we've shown quality in passages of play to create openings. Brilliant finish from Matty Cash. Need to be careful not to drop too deep and subs could be key to keeping discipline & exposing space further up the pitch.
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Excellent intensity & effort to get a foothold, we've shown quality in passages of play to create openings. Brilliant finish from Matty Cash. Need to be careful not to drop too deep and subs could be key to keeping discipline & exposing space further up the pitch.
#avfc #UTV
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Encouraging start. Able to play our way through centrally to create openings with this midfield set-up or threaten going direct/long, good intent & presence to win possession back & put pressure on.
Watkins did so well to craft that big chance, just lacking the finish.
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Watkins did so well to craft that big chance, just lacking the finish.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Encouraging start. Able to play our way through centrally to create openings with this midfield set-up or threaten going direct/long, good intent & presence to win possession back & put pressure on.
Watkins did so well to craft that big chance, just lacking the finish.
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Watkins did so well to craft that big chance, just lacking the finish.
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Two Villa changes. Emiliano Martinez fit & in for Marco Bizot, Youri Tielemans replaces Evann Guessand.
Crucial to win midfield battle, impose ourselves & sustain control. Hopefully plenty of physicality/quality in that area to make it happen. Big game, UTV!
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Crucial to win midfield battle, impose ourselves & sustain control. Hopefully plenty of physicality/quality in that area to make it happen. Big game, UTV!
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December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Two Villa changes. Emiliano Martinez fit & in for Marco Bizot, Youri Tielemans replaces Evann Guessand.
Crucial to win midfield battle, impose ourselves & sustain control. Hopefully plenty of physicality/quality in that area to make it happen. Big game, UTV!
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Crucial to win midfield battle, impose ourselves & sustain control. Hopefully plenty of physicality/quality in that area to make it happen. Big game, UTV!
#avfc
December 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚨✅ Villa team news vs Arsenal:
🗣 Unai Emery: “He [Emi Martinez] didn’t train yesterday, but it’s very important for him, how he is passing the hours feeling better.
“Until the last moment, I don’t know if he’s going to be available or not for tomorrow.”
Tyrone Mings & Ross Barkley ❌
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🗣 Unai Emery: “He [Emi Martinez] didn’t train yesterday, but it’s very important for him, how he is passing the hours feeling better.
“Until the last moment, I don’t know if he’s going to be available or not for tomorrow.”
Tyrone Mings & Ross Barkley ❌
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December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🗣 Ollie Watkins: "It's been a tricky period in my career. I've not had this since the manager came in but I kept working hard & you get your rewards.
On Emery: "His voice was basically gone. He's so passionate & that's why we're doing so well. I can't speak highly enough of him."
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On Emery: "His voice was basically gone. He's so passionate & that's why we're doing so well. I can't speak highly enough of him."
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🗣 Ollie Watkins: "It's been a tricky period in my career. I've not had this since the manager came in but I kept working hard & you get your rewards.
On Emery: "His voice was basically gone. He's so passionate & that's why we're doing so well. I can't speak highly enough of him."
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On Emery: "His voice was basically gone. He's so passionate & that's why we're doing so well. I can't speak highly enough of him."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "The table is v important for us. We know how difficult it is. We needed to work hard & perform. We will play on Saturday vs Arsenal at home. The teams behind us are going to push a lot. Be humble because we know how difficult it is to face teams in the PL."
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December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
🗣 Unai Emery: "The table is v important for us. We know how difficult it is. We needed to work hard & perform. We will play on Saturday vs Arsenal at home. The teams behind us are going to push a lot. Be humble because we know how difficult it is to face teams in the PL."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "A very tough match. The players reacted and continued with our game plan to never give up. We kept the mentality and the resilience, really fantastic.
"We are so thankful for the supporters- 4,000 of them with us here from Birmingham."
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"We are so thankful for the supporters- 4,000 of them with us here from Birmingham."
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December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🗣 Unai Emery: "A very tough match. The players reacted and continued with our game plan to never give up. We kept the mentality and the resilience, really fantastic.
"We are so thankful for the supporters- 4,000 of them with us here from Birmingham."
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"We are so thankful for the supporters- 4,000 of them with us here from Birmingham."
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🗣 Unai Emery on Ollie Watkins: "Keep going. He needs those goals, calm & keep going & get balance & he got it."
On Marco Bizot: "Marco is a very, very good goalkeeper. he is always ready to play like today. Martinez was not ready to play and had some pain in his back."
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On Marco Bizot: "Marco is a very, very good goalkeeper. he is always ready to play like today. Martinez was not ready to play and had some pain in his back."
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December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🗣 Unai Emery on Ollie Watkins: "Keep going. He needs those goals, calm & keep going & get balance & he got it."
On Marco Bizot: "Marco is a very, very good goalkeeper. he is always ready to play like today. Martinez was not ready to play and had some pain in his back."
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On Marco Bizot: "Marco is a very, very good goalkeeper. he is always ready to play like today. Martinez was not ready to play and had some pain in his back."
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🗣 Amadou Onana: “Yesterday in training the manager was giving me a little bit of stick because he thinks that I can score a lot more goals with my head.
“I just kept saying to Austin to put them on my head and I’ll dunk it on them, and that’s what happened tonight.”
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“I just kept saying to Austin to put them on my head and I’ll dunk it on them, and that’s what happened tonight.”
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December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🗣 Amadou Onana: “Yesterday in training the manager was giving me a little bit of stick because he thinks that I can score a lot more goals with my head.
“I just kept saying to Austin to put them on my head and I’ll dunk it on them, and that’s what happened tonight.”
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“I just kept saying to Austin to put them on my head and I’ll dunk it on them, and that’s what happened tonight.”
#avfc
🗣 Ollie Watkins: “It’s been a difficult run for me. You keep going & I got my rewards tonight. It was nice to get my goals.
“It has been hard but you have to keep picking yourself up, training every day & working hard. Now I can put that behind me & keep looking forward.”
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“It has been hard but you have to keep picking yourself up, training every day & working hard. Now I can put that behind me & keep looking forward.”
#avfc
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🗣 Ollie Watkins: “It’s been a difficult run for me. You keep going & I got my rewards tonight. It was nice to get my goals.
“It has been hard but you have to keep picking yourself up, training every day & working hard. Now I can put that behind me & keep looking forward.”
#avfc
“It has been hard but you have to keep picking yourself up, training every day & working hard. Now I can put that behind me & keep looking forward.”
#avfc