Unai Emery's programme notes: "This season is different. We must accept the sacrifice of being without the North Stand, but we understand that it is for the greater good. Because next season, and for many years to come, Villa Park will be a stadium with greater capacity."
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This was one the highlights at halftime. It lasted about 15min. It was so loud, so joyful. The moment Emi Buendia officially became a cult Aston Villa hero. For many, many years #avfc
Wow.. no words to describe how Iโm feeling right now. What a journey we have been on together and now again we can call Aston Villa EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!! I never in my wildest dreams thought I would play for a club the size of Villa but to help lead them to a major European trophy makes me the proudest guy alive!! UP THE VILLA ๐๐๐
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Arsenal: Rice, Saka, Zubimendi
Man City: Rodri, B Silva, Semenyo
Chelsea: Fernรกndez, Caicedo, Palmer
Man Utd: Fernandes, Mbuemo, Casemiro
Liverpool: Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Ekiteke
If the above players are out for the same time for those clubs for a prolonged period, their performances as a team would plummet.
It is what is happening right now with Villa with McGinn, Kamara and Tielemans being out.
We are still 3rd in the PL, and everyone else around is is still struggling too with mostly fit squads.
Keep supporting the boys. UTFV!
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๐จ ๐ก๐๐ช: Please take a moment to read this.
This is 8 year old George. He lost his father and he lost his grandmother. But the story gets even worse as his mother (seen left of him) has now been diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer.
Earlier this week Jack Grealish decided to pay him a visit, he invited George and his mother to the Everton vs Arsenal game and tonight he is seen in the stands, enjoying the game.
Football can be so beautiful.
Unai Emeryโs record as Aston Villa manager is truly remarkable when looked at in its entirety.
He took over in October of 2022 with the team 14th and just 3 points off the relegation zone following on from a dismal end to the tenure of Steven Gerrard.
From there, they won 15 of their remaining Premier League fixtures to finish 7th and qualify for the Conference League. In the 2023/24 season that followed, they finished 4th in the top flight, qualifying for the Champions League whilst making it to the semi-finals of the Conference League simultaneously.
The 2024/25 season saw them reach the Champions League quarter-finals where they were knocked out 5-4 on aggregate by eventual winners PSG despite being 5-1 down after just 27 minutes of the second leg, they also made it to an FA Cup semi-final and finished just outside of the Champions League places again.
This season, after a very poor opening few weeks by their standards, theyโve won 13 of their last 15 in all competitions, including their last 7 on the bounce, with their most recent win coming at home to league leaders Arsenal with pretty much the last kick of the game. Theyโre 3rd in the Premier League, just 3 points off the Gunners at the top and are also 3rd in the Europa League, level on points with Lyon who sit in 1st on goal difference.
The true measure of Emeryโs success over the last 3 and a bit years though, is that his win % at Aston Villa stands at 55.28% across 161 matches, well clear of George Ramseyโs record of 49.59% at the top of the charts for every manager in the clubโs history.
Villa are a massive football club, their description as a โsleeping giantโ of English football was well founded before Emeryโs arrival but what he has done there deserves to be shouted about from the rooftops. Itโs no wonder they all think he walks on water.
Unai Emery holds the following records of ๐๐๐ managers in #AVFC's history:
โ most points per game (1.77)
โ highest win rate (52.78%)
โ highest away game win rate (42.86%)
โ highest league win rate (51.43%)
โ highest top flight win rate (51.43%)
โ achieved European football in three consecutive seasons.
Stop with this Emery out nonsense.
We loved it when it was good, we need to support the team during the rough times now.
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