Unai Emery and Ollie Watkins react to controversial ending to Aston Villa draw with Juventus

Aston Villa were denied an injury-time victor against Juventus successful arguable fashion, with Unai Emery and Ollie Watkins some describing the determination arsenic soft.

Morgan Rogers thought helium had poked location a 94th infinitesimal extremity to enactment the location broadside 1-0 ahead, but it was yet ruled out.

Diego Carlos was adjudged to person fouled Juve goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio arsenic they some jumped for the shot earlier it dropped to Rogers.

Emery was philosophical, pleased with however his squad played, but disappointed with the decision, which helium didn’t deliberation would beryllium fixed successful the Premier League.

‘I’m precise happy. We dominated the match,’ Emery told TNT Sports. ‘With the past action, it is the mentation of the referee. In England, 80 per cent of those is fixed a extremity and it not a foul. It’s precise soft. But successful Europe, it could beryllium a foul. We person to accept.”

‘We were person than them to winning the match. They’re precise hard to bushed but we created a plan. There weren’t galore wide chances for either team.

‘It was a choky lucifer for some teams but I americium blessed with the wide representation successful the Champions League. We inactive person the anticipation of finishing successful the apical eight.’

Watkins added: ‘I deliberation it’s soft, possibly successful the Premier League it’s a goal, but not successful Europe. In the contention the goalkeepers are protected by the referees but I thought it was a goal.’

The England striker admitted that Villa would person been fortunate to instrumentality 3 points, though, saying: ‘It had 0-0 written each implicit it, truthful it would person been fortunate had we won it.’

The guardant feels that European referees are mostly stricter than astatine home, but it is thing Villa are alert of present arsenic they get utilized to the Champions League.

‘I’ve got to beryllium cautious what I accidental astir the referee but the refereeing is different,’ helium said. ‘Referees don’t fto things spell successful this contention arsenic overmuch successful the Premier League, but it’s retired of our power really.

‘Some of those things spell for you and immoderate spell against you and we person to judge that.’

The gully leaves Villa inactive good successful contention for a apical 8 finish, sitting ninth connected 10 points.

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