Unai Emery speaks out after Jhon Duran's furious response to Aston Villa sub

Jhon Duran was not blessed aft helium was substituted soon aft scoring successful Aston Villa's 2-0 triumph implicit Bologna successful the Champions League and manager Unai Emery has spoken retired astir his reaction

Aston Villa brag Unai Emery has insisted helium has "no problem" with Jhon Duran aft helium reacted furiously erstwhile helium was taken disconnected against Bologna.

Duran made conscionable his 2nd commencement of the play arsenic Villa bushed Bologna 2-0 successful the Champions League connected Tuesday and the 20-year-old was substituted soon aft scoring. The guardant was not blessed to beryllium taken disconnected and was seen punching and kicking a spot successful the dugout.

Villa unit attempted to calm Duran down and helium yet did articulation successful with the post-match celebrations. When asked astir the striker aft the match, Emery said: "I person nary occupation with his reaction.

"Every connection we nonstop successful the dressing country is astir respect and having our values. Some young players tin respond a small spot but it is nether my control. His archetypal commencement of this twelvemonth – ever it is much hard to commencement erstwhile the opponents are fresh.

"He played precise good and helium scored a bully goal. It was fantastic the mode helium accelerated. We volition play some strikers sometimes and erstwhile they play individually arsenic good arsenic contiguous – with Ollie Watkins – it is champion for the team."

Villa person won each 3 of their Champions League games truthful acold and are successful a beardown presumption to decorativeness successful the apical 8 and automatically suffice for the past 16 and Emery is delighted with the mode his broadside is playing astatine the moment.

"We are going to absorption connected each lucifer and however we are successful the moment," helium said. "Of people we won the archetypal lucifer distant astatine Young Boys and past against Bayern Munich we were hoping to triumph to assistance get successful the apical eight.

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"Today we've got different 3 points, present we indispensable absorption connected Brugge. Of people if we support getting points we tin alteration our nonsubjective and effort to get successful the apical eight. There are different contenders, bigger favourites than america but we are improving and we volition spot however we continue."

Villa volition beryllium backmost successful enactment connected Saturday erstwhile they big Bournemouth astatine Villa Park. They presently beryllium 4th successful the Premier League and person suffered conscionable 1 decision truthful far, a 2-0 nonaccomplishment against Arsenal.

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