Aston Villa manager, Unai Emery has revealed that his side’s 2-1 Premier League loss to Manchester United was a difficult one to take.
Douglas Luiz gave the home team an equalizer shortly after the half, cancelling Rasmus Hojlund’s opening goal. With just four minutes of normal time left, Scott McTominay came off the bench to score the game-winning goal as Villa attempted to score again.
United now trail Villa by just five points in the Premier League standings after the victory. According to Manchester Evening News, in his post-match remarks, Emery stated that his players followed his instructions on the pitch.
He told Sky Sports: “We did everything we planned. We controlled the game and we avoided the transitions and we didn’t concede a lot of chances.
“We created chances but we couldn’t score some clear chances. I am very proud of our work and of the players.
We are playing against the mighty Manchester United but we are being more consistent in matches in the league. The result is tough for us and difficult to accept but that is football. We played like we planned and we deserved more.
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“We created chances and sometimes we are being clinical and sometimes we aren’t, like today. But these are the ideas that we wanted.
“We created through our identity and our style. Sometimes we will be clinical and sometimes we won’t be. We wanted to have control of the game and avoid transitions. That was the first idea we had and we did.”
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