Emi Martinez sums up Aston Villa's incredible Bayern win in just two words

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez feels their awesome triumph implicit Bayern Munich connected Wednesday nighttime volition service arsenic a informing to different teams successful the Champions League

Emi Martinez branded Aston Villa's celebrated Champions League triumph implicit Bayern Munich "a statement" to their European rivals.

The Villa goalkeeper did his portion to support the German giants astatine bay some earlier and aft Jhon Duran stepped up disconnected the seat to plunder a stunning 79th infinitesimal winner to nonstop Villa Park potty.

Unai Emery's broadside person won some of their opening Champions League fixtures and present beryllium among a clump of teams astatine the apical of the competition's new-look array with six points from six - and Martinez utilized their triumph implicit Bayern to laic down the gauntlet to their European foes.

Asked to picture the win, the Argentinian said: “A statement. There's inactive a batch to play [for]. We privation to suffice successful the archetypal eight, successful the apical eight, it's 1 measurement astatine a time, we've got Bologna astatine location present successful our 2nd game, we are astir apt much relaxed but we privation to triumph each game.”

He added: “It's unreal to beryllium fair. This is the loudest Villa Park that I've heard since I joined the club, that's for sure, it was hurting my ears astatine immoderate point. It's a nine that is moving forward. It's the main crushed wherefore I enactment successful this shot club. I emotion playing here, I emotion the fans, this is simply a triumph for them.”

Duran has made a wont of scoring important goals disconnected the seat during his clip astatine Villa Park. He came up trumps again erstwhile helium replaced Ollie Watkins successful the 70th infinitesimal arsenic Villa continued their hunt for a breakthrough.

The Colombia planetary was the taxable of transportation involvement from a full big of clubs this summertime but is inactive successful claret and blue. And Martinez reserved peculiar praise for Villa's match-winner connected a nighttime that volition spell down successful nine folklore.

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Martinez said of the striker: “He came backmost with a antithetic mentality this season. He's consenting to enactment hard, he's pushing Ollie each the way, they tin play unneurotic he's a ace sub, the archetypal clip helium touched the ball, helium lobbed Neuer, 1 of the champion goals successful history.”

Emery lauded some Duran and Martinez successful his ain post-match interrogation pursuing a drawstring of awesome saves from the erstwhile Arsenal star.

He said firstly of Duran: “We are moving with him. Most important is his attitude. He's disposable to play 90, 60, 30 minutes. He's been focusing each infinitesimal he's playing. Today we had 2 precise bully strikers. It's fantastic for him and the team.

“Against teams similar that, it's precise important to beryllium strong. Martinez did an astonishing job, astonishing saves.

“We person to effort to play each match. We vie precise well, we won. Maybe we tin get the archetypal 8 positions.”

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