The manager said Aston Villa âhave to be motivatedâ after their 1-0 win against Arsenal moved them within two points of leaders Liverpool
The great outsider seems to be the role football has chosen for Unai Emery, whether he likes it or not, and this remarkable manager left Villa Park on Saturday evening having defeated the two best sides in English football last season over the course of four explosive days in the title race.
There have not been many weeks like this in the modern history of Aston Villa, one of English footballâs great institutions, and at full-time the feeling in the air at Villa Park was that there could still be so much more to come.