Fixtures
- Aston Villa Vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Sat, Sep 21st 2024, 15:00
Unai Emery spoke to media ahead of Aston Villa’s Premier League encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The Villa manager spoke about switching focus back to domestic matters following the club’s UEFA Champions League victory over BSC Young Boys in midweek.
Emery also discussed what he’s expecting from Wolves at Villa Park, the impact of Amadou Onana, provided an update on the fitness of Ollie Watkins and much more.
He’s what Unai had to say on…
Facing Wolves this weekend…
“My own experience here in the Premier League is every match is very difficult; playing away more and playing at home as well is very difficult.
“You have to respect every team. If you want to win, you have to focus on the match and be demanding yourself.
“And the first objective I have every match we are facing is respect.
“Good coach, good team, good players, very competitive.
“They beat away last year Chelsea, Tottenham, they played very well here, they competed very well.
“It’s the same coach, a lot of players are the same and they played very well in Nottingham, drawing two weeks ago.
“They played very well at home against Newcastle, even losing they deserved more.
“Tomorrow is going to be a very difficult match.”
On transitioning from Champions League to Premier League…
“We’ve started the season, we’ve played only one match in the Champions League, of course, we are very happy because we won.
“And a lot of things happened on the pitch that were fantastic for us.
“Some players made their debut playing in the Champions League.
“As well for the supporters after 41 years ago playing again in the competition.
“It was fantastic.
“But our every day is the Premier League and the first objective we have in the season is to try and be consistent in the Premier League because, through it, we can get our first objective.”
On Ollie Watkins…
“He’s available 100 per cent to play.
“He had some problems (niggles), like other players, but not relevant.
“He is, of course, sometimes stopping because you have to protect the players. But now he is completely 100 per cent.
“He’s now available tomorrow 100 per cent to play.”
