Unai Emery sat down with the media after Aston Villa's 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night. Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the game in the 51st minute as Villa claimed their first away league win since October. Here is every word Emery said in his post-match press conference...
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery spoke after his side won 1-0 at Goodison Park in David Moyes' first game back in charge of Everton
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery admitted his delight after seeing his team beat Everton in the Premier League. The Midlands club managed to stop a run of five successive away defeats in the league. Despite David Moyes taking charge of his first Everton game in more than a decade, Emery’s team were the party poopers on Wednesday.
"This victory is very important. We have started the year winning at home, in the Premier League and in the FA Cup. Away, we were in a bad spell and had to break it."
Emery confirmed Pau Torres, John McGinn and Ross Barkley are unavailable. McGinn needs another week before he returns to training, Barkley will be "two- to-three weeks" and Torres a further six-to-eight weeks.
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