Aston Villa, Arsenal and Unai Emery
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery shares his thoughts on his side's hard-fought win over Arsenal in Matchweek 15.
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“Ollie Watkins has my confidence,” Emery said in Tuesday’s press conference. “Completely my confidence. He is always doing his task; maybe he’s under his normal confidence because he is not scoring, but he is never giving up, always doing his task. The goals are coming. Sure. Sure.”
On Wednesday, Arsenal beat Brentford 2-0 at home, with Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka on the scoresheet, while Villa had an eventful game against Brighton at the Amex Stadium.
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