Aston Villa supervisor Unai Emery says he’s “assured” his staff can flip their fortunes round after a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday compounded a depressing begin to their Premier League season.
In a repeat of April’s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, Emery’s facet had been undone by the eventual winners at Villa Park on an evening that noticed goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Marc Guehi and Ismaila Sarr safe the factors for Oliver Glasner’s males.
The outcome piles additional distress on Villa after what has been a disappointing begin to the marketing campaign; one which has seen them turn into the one top-flight membership to haven’t scored of their first three outings.
It means Emery’s facet, who completed sixth final time period, reached the final eight of the Champions League and can play within the Europa League this season, presently discover themselves second backside within the desk going into the worldwide break subsequent week.
Requested for his post-game evaluation, Emery informed Sky Sports activities: “[I am] pissed off however we performed the primary half nicely. We adopted the sport plan we had been anticipating and we had been dominating the match.
“We had one actually good probability with Ollie Watkins. However we had been dominant. We didn’t concede corners, we had been avoiding the transitions.
“We made one mistake with the penalty and it was a purpose. And naturally after that it was tougher.
“I believe we began the second half very nicely. After their second purpose possibly it was tougher however the first half and the 20 minutes of the second half, I can’t do something.”
The Villa boss admitted he felt for the followers throughout this tough interval however believes his gamers will put their difficult begin firmly behind them after they return to home motion towards Everton on 13 September.
“After all we’re pissed off, we’re unhappy for our supporters, however we have now to just accept it. We’ve got to be collectively,” Emery stated.
“Within the good moments we had been having fun with it, we had been joyful. Now, we began badly the primary three matches [of the season] however tomorrow is the first of September, the tip of the switch window and I’m assured for the subsequent matches after this break.”
