Unai Emery: "I told my players we had a fantastic first half of the season"

Aston Villa's head coach Unai Emery shared his impressions of the match of the 19th round of the English Championship against Manchester United (2-3).

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"When MU scored the first goal, the fans helped the team come back. Of course, we should have been more demanding, but we also accepted what happened. A team like Manchester United can always come back to the game. "Manchester United has more experience than us, more time at the top level, players, club and team. But we are moving on. In the end, I'm very disappointed, but you have to accept it and try to understand our whole first part of the season.

Now you may ask me if we are title contenders. No, but not only do I think so now, but two weeks ago I thought the same. Why? Because we are fighting against the top seven teams, they are more competitive than us. Today, we could have won, we could have lost, and we lost. I told the players that the first part of the season is fantastic, but I want more. And if they want more, we will have to work hard to get it," Goal quoted Emery as saying.

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