Emery hails Villa progress and explains why Jackson didn't take penalty
Unai Emery praised Aston Villa's progress after their 6-0 Champions League win over Fenerbahce, highlighted his attacking options and explained why Ross Barkley took a penalty ahead of Nicholas Jackson.
📊 After scoring just 𝐎𝐍𝐄 goal in their opening 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 games of the season, Aston Villa have now scored 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 or more goals in 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 of their last 𝐒𝐈𝐗 matches in all competitions. It's clicking❗ #AVFC
Johan Manzambi spoke of his happiness after marking his 21st birthday with his first UEFA Champions League appearance and goal - earning the Player of the Match award in the process.
Unai Emery: "We are delighted for the first win at home. We needed it. This is the most important thing about tonight. A lot of very good things happened through the good result, giving us confidence and making us as well demanding to keep it for the next matches." #AVFC
Unai Emery: "We have our plan with the penalty shooter, and today was the responsibility to shoot was for Ross Barkley. Sometimes we were missing some very important penalties, and now Ross Barkley has a high average scoring goals." #AVFC