Aston Villa Report

Jacob Tanswell

Emery: “We decided in pre-season to play more matches than normally we do. Eighth in pre-season. Why? Because I want to watch young players and watch them progressively. Brian scored two goals against Walsall, one like today." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery on George Hemmings: "Last season he played against Salzburg, but I needed to sub him. He was a little nervous, but it was his first experience. He had more confidence today in the position we have worked on. Now is the time to stay consistent and demanding." #AVFC

Jacob Tanswell

Unai Emery: "In the Europa League, I needed to sub George because he was nervous. Today - more confident, more fresh, more comfortable, playing as a 10, getting wide and going inside. I was giving him tests like Salzburg at home, but this is the process for young players." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery has confirmed that Ollie Watkins, Ezri Konsa and Emi Martinez will now start training, but will not feature in Aston Villa's final pre-season match against Borussia Monchengladbach. #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery: "It is not a win. It was a defeat - we played for a trophy. How we are building the team is the process we have. We are going to play next year against teams like PSG - maybe they weren't all fit, but they played their best team." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery on transfers: "There will be more changes." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery: "I wanted this trophy, but I needed to prepare the match with the circumstances we had. There are no excuses, but how we finished the match, getting duels, I can feel free with my decision and proud of the players." #AVFC

John Townley

Unai Emery: "Even after Watkins called to play after the game against Bayern, I told him to continue resting when he was on FaceTime with John McGinn. Now is the moment to rest. I am happy about the decision I made and how some players responded." #AVFC

John Townley

Emi Buendia on Brian Madjo: "I tried to help him. He's young. He has good development. There are changes [this summer] but the structure, the manager and the club want to keep it. We have to keep working hard." [TNT] #AVFC

John Townley

Emi Buendia: "Not a good feeling. We can be proud of the game we did. We competed well. We had chances. They are top players. We were there and competed very well. At the end of the first half we had chances. In the second half we were showing character." [TNT] #AVFC