Fixtures
- Leicester City Vs. Aston Villa – Sat, Aug 31st 2024, 15:00
Unai Emery was pleased with Aston Villa’s performance after they got the job done at Leicester City on Saturday.
Three Premier League points were picked up at King Power Stadium via a goal in each half from Amadou Onana and Jhon Durán.
The Foxes threatened to mount a comeback when they made it 2-1 with 17 minutes to play, but the visitors kept their cool to secure the win.
Emery said: “I’m very happy. We were speaking before the match in the dressing room about how we are always feeling our supporters helping when we are playing away.
“We are feeling their support and it’s very important for us. We are playing thinking of them and trying to feel comfortable. Playing away, their supporters are pushing a lot, but we can feel our supporters here with us.
“It’s important for us to play with confidence and the commitment we have to make everybody happy.”
Victory in Leicester made it back-to-back away wins to start the season and only Manchester City and Arsenal have won more Premier League away games than the 16 Villa have since Emery took charge.
Emery is determined to keep pushing his side on as they look to compete at the top end of the table once again.
“It’s very difficult away, each match is difficult, but we competed. Even when we lost last week against Arsenal we competed very well,” he said.
“How competitive we want to be, we are doing it more or less but always we want to improve and perform collectively and individually trying to be demanding in our analysis of the opponent and ourselves.
“I’m very happy with how they responded on the pitch.”
