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🗣 Unai Emery: "I will need tomorrow to take a day off & recover. I'm so happy. We conceded two goals in a crazy minute, we lost our minds.
"Sometimes we need to show our heart, passion & enthusiasm. All or nothing. Very important to me those three points."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "Happy with how we played. I'm going to analyse deeply why we lost our minds in a few minutes.
"I am analysing how we are building tactically and how we want to play."
On Emi Martinez's late save: "It was the match - three points for them & none for us."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "I am so, so happy. We played a fantastic match and maybe the two goals we conceded in one minute, we lost our mind a little bit. They were excited. But how we reacted at 3-3 to score the fourth goal was fantastic."
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🗣 John McGinn: "When you see the difference of the two points big Tammy Abraham has added for us at the end, its huge for us. We knew how important this game was. It wasn't perfect but who cares at the end of the day."
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🗣 John McGinn: "What a position we're in, SF of European competition & pole position to qualify for top five. We can go & achieve what not many Aston Villa players have done for a long time. We're keen to do that & we're driven, five big games left."
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🗣 John McGinn: "We were in control of the game. We've got to manage the game better. To go 3-3 is something we are definitely not happy with.
"We're buzzing. We will be frustrated in there, we know we won the game but we've got high standards of ourselves as a group."
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🗣 Tammy Abraham: "We believe in ourselves. We just have to carry on with the confidence.
"The fans are the best. I was lucky to be here in the promotion years so I knew all about them. Every game they bring us confidence & support us day in & day out. I love them."
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🗣 Tammy Abraham: "I think we got too relaxed, made a few mistakes & Sunderland punished us, they are a good team.
"Watching Ollie, he was staying alive in the box & when I came on I told myself to do same thing. Luckily for me I was in the right place at the right time."
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FT: Villa 4-3 Sunderland
Massive three points after an absurd end. So many positives with Watkins double, Rogers scoring again, McGinn excellent, but that mini collapse is a major wake-up call to not switch off or drop intensity. Huge result in top-five race. UTV!
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Hugeee save from Emi Martinez prior to Tammy Abraham goal shouldn't be lost in this mayhem.
Let this be an absolutely glaring wake-up call with massive games ahead. Simply can not switch off as we will get punished & subs have to bring the right intensity immediately.
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Tammyyyyy!!!!
You beauty. Absolutely mental end to this game. Dangerous cross from Lucas Digne, what a brilliantly deft finish from Tammy Abraham.
4-3 Villa, 93'
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Absolutely awful. Shockingly sloppy from Sancho & just far too easy. Thrown it away.
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The impact John McGinn has had since returning from injury has been magnificent. Skipper is having another cracking game here, adds balance to the side & important defensive presence to go with his attacking play.
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Morgannnn!!!
Perfect start to the 2nd half. Brilliant work from John McGinn to start it off, nice play from Barkley & then Watkins, and Morgan Rogers puts it away. Another excellent Villa move.
3-1 Villa, 46'
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HT: Villa 2-1 Sunderland
Brilliant start, visitors reacted well but Ollie Watkins continuing his fine form to put us back ahead. Some really nice passages of play/decisive build-up work in wide areas to create the goals, need to keep on top with the intensity in the 2nd half.
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Ollieeee!!!
That man again. Good work from Rogers & Maatsen down the left and Ollie Watkins heads home. Big goal after a great response from Sunderland since they initially went behind.
2-1 Villa, 36'
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Ollieeeee!!!
What a start. Great build-up play, top assist from John McGinn and Ollie Watkins finishes it off. Excellent goal.
1-0 Villa, 2'
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Three Villa changes. Mings, Maatsen & Barkley in for Pau, Digne & Buendia.
Big opportunity today to take an important step towards solidifying our place in the top five. Strong XI/good options on bench with healthy squad. Keep building momentum. UTV! 🟣🔵
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🚨✅ Confirmed Villa XI vs Sunderland: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Onana, Barkley; McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Buendia, Digne, Abraham, Sancho, Luiz, Bogarde, Bailey.
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Excellent performance & result to finish the job and book our spot in the SFs. Fantastic achievement for Ollie Watkins, important goal for Rogers & some top performances. On to the last four. UTV! 🟣🔵
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🚨✅ Villa team news vs Bologna:
Tyrone Mings has also returned to training. Ross Barkley & Alysson unavailable as not in the Europa League squad, Boubacar Kamara remains a long-term absentee.
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🚨✅ Villa team news vs Bologna:
🗣 Unai Emery: “Today he [Emi Martinez] is training with us. Normally, he's going to be available for tomorrow. We will decide.
“He [Jadon Sancho] is coming back. Fantastic player. He needs to be consistent, progressively getting better."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "Marco [Bizot] played a fantastic match. When we have needed him before, we needed him. He was always ready. Today he did it fantastic."
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🗣 Unai Emery on Emi Martinez pulling out of the match: "He was feeling something in his calf and was not feeling comfortable to play."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "Three months we were fantastic, then we struggled, now we are recovering. It's important for the players to have momentum. Today, how we kept the level of the last matches, is the most relevant for our confidence."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "I like when we are creating chances & dominating and having good possession. Of course if we are scoring it is better. But we are getting better again, the last three or four matches. We must be so demanding and consistent to keep it for the next matches."
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🗣 Unai Emery: "I am so proud of how the players did. Of course we had three or four chances to score, and we conceded the momentum to them a few times. One point is not enough, but this is the way we want to play in the next weeks in the Premier League and Europa League."
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