Different team, the same record. Unai Emeri started his second stint in English football with a win, and it was a convincing one against a big team – Manchester United. A clear and deserved 3-1 win was the first one for Villains at home over the Red Devils since August 1995. But not for Emery. During his time with Arsenal, the Spanish tactican never lost to United.4 – Unai Emery is just the fourth manager to win his first Premier League game in charge of a team against Manchester United, after Dave Bassett with Sheffield United (1992), José Mourinho with Chelsea (2004), and Alan Curbishley with West Ham (2006). Emeritus. pic.twitter.com/QiRPMQaSyc— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 6, 2022 So, it was logical that Emery was at the ‘seventh heaven’ after taking a relegation threatened team and defeating the Red Devils in his first game in charge.„Maybe I was dreaming. I am so happy. The atmosphere was amazing with the supporters. We have players with energy. We have players with good skills and we wanted to be united, to be disciplined and, being together with our game plan, the players did it. It was a special day. It was all perfect. I have passion and I have to stay calm myself and I will tell the players on Tuesday, ‘We have only made the first step’. We did it but now we must keep consistent“ said the Spaniard.Good ebening, look who’s back! Emery’s Villa thump woeful Red DevilsSurely one of the reasons for Manchester United defeat was the changing of the squad, as the forgotten Donny van de Beek and youngster Alejandro Garnacho both started the match. More experienced players like Antonio and Sancho were doubtful and Fernandes was suspended. Ten Hag opted to play with a fairly strong squad in the Europa League, and many experienced players were now tired or injured. In all 19 games so far, David de Gea and Diogo Dalot started all of them, while Lisandro Martinez, Christian Eriksen and Fernandes started at least 16 games. But, coach pointed out at the defensive mistakes.„We didn’t follow the rules in defending and we lost our battles. If the players had done their job with 100 per cent desire and passion then we would have won this game. I have been in football a long time and players are not robots. Sometimes this is the way it is, it’s psychological but it’s not acceptable. We have to be ready for every game and not give it away so easily. It was stupid to try to cross the ball in the way we did, too quickly and from too far out, with too much force. We have to cross in the right moment. In the second half we were too quick to cross“ said the Dutchman.🙃 Cristiano Ronaldo has committed more fouls (7) than he has had shots on target (6) in the Premier League this season pic.twitter.com/kQbaQ6fLyw— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 6, 2022 Ten Hag opted to start the match with Cristiano Ronaldo, who was even wearing a captain’s armband, but the Portuguese was as his other teammates – bad. In fact, even thou he doesn’t play nearly as much as last season, one fact remains a bit sad: so far this season, Ronaldo had more fouls (7) than shots on target (6).##NAJAVA_MECA_6787157##
