Unai Emery gives verdict on Marcus Rashford debut after Aston Villa win

Unai Emery praised the performances of Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio aft the brace made their Aston Villa debuts disconnected the seat against Tottenham.

A week connected from joining the nine connected indebtedness from Manchester United, Rashford was named among the subs connected Sunday nighttime alongside Asensio, different indebtedness signing from Paris Saint-Germain.

Moments aft Morgan Rogers had doubled Villa’s lead, the 2 caller signings entered the fray arsenic Villa sealed a 2-1 triumph successful their FA Cup 4th circular tie to heap much unit connected Spurs brag Ange Postecoglou.

Rashford looked crisp during his energic cameo with Asensio providing immoderate delightful moments, brilliantly combining with Rogers to terrorise the Tottenham defence.

Andres Garcia and Doyen Malen, 2 different January recruits, started the crippled astatine Villa Park with Emery pleased to spot the brace instantly adopting his gameplan.

With Villa warring connected 3 fronts, the Villa brag was pleased to spot his caller additions each supply a telling glimpse of what is to come.

‘Andres Garcia and Malen some played successful the thought we had,’ Emery said.

‘They were accordant and focused. As well, Marcus Rashford and Asensio, we watched their accomplishment and however they helped america and volition assistance america again successful the adjacent months successful the antithetic competitions we volition face.

‘We are successful a caller mode aft the changes we did. We are demanding due to the fact that we inactive request to amended owed to immoderate tactical issues and however we privation to vie successful the Premier League.’

While they mislaid Jhon Duran during the January transportation window, Villa present person a wealthiness of attacking options to enactment Ollie Watkins up beforehand with section lads Jacob Murphy and Rogers connected the people expanse connected Sunday.

Asked astir the interaction of Rashford and Asensio connected the squad, Rogers said aft the match: ‘It pushes america along, we privation to instrumentality what we tin from the experienced players successful the squad.

‘It’s monolithic to person radical similar that successful the gathering and hopefully we tin conscionable propulsion each other. The 2nd extremity was important, we played good but we hadn’t killed the crippled off.’

Rashford and Asensio volition anticipation to marque their afloat debuts connected Saturday erstwhile Villa big Ipswich.

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