Unai Emery’s Aston Villa are clinging to the ‘Champions zone’

He Aston Villa of Unai Emery It is not marked in favorites by Premier League to get a place for the next one Champions, but he is more than willing to achieve it. Beyond the fact that the fifth place gives access to the highest continental competition based on the coefficients of the leagues, depending on what happens in the rest of the year, the ‘villains’ regained the fourth place in championship this Saturday by responding to the stumble of Tottenham he is new wolves exceeded the Fulham at home (1-2). It was in a meeting where the Unai Emery They had a double advantage which was enough to hold on in the final stretch despite the fact that Fulham pressed in search of an equaliser.

The first goal of the rivalry came in the 23rd minute, when a very serious error by Fulham He took advantage of a throw-in in his favor Ramsey to touch and steal in the three-quarter zone before enabling Ollie Watkins in place for him to shoot Bernard Leno. That’s how he is Aston Villa of Unai Emerya team that never forgives and knows how to take advantage of the rival’s mistakes.

Halftime was reached with a score of 0-1 which could have been 0-2 if a shot from Bailey found the net and not the crossbar, and shortly after the restart, he had to be Watkins managed to double the visiting team’s advantage. He did so in the 56th minute, taking advantage of a beautiful pass filtered between the lines by Tielemans. The Belgian knows a bit about filtering passes and setting up teammates in front of the rival goalkeeper.

Since then, the Aston Villa he limited himself to defending himself from the thrust of those Fulhamwho believed in returning by closing the gap Muniz after an error Emiliano Martínez in the 63rd minute but he stayed in the middle and couldn’t stop the three points from flying away. Craven Cottage towards Birmingham. The Tand Aston Villa of Unai Emery It may not be enough to fight for the title but it promises to end this Premier League on a high note.