What Unai Emery thinks of Jhon Duran's furious substitute reaction
Youri Tielemans played down Jhon Duran's reaction to being substituted after scoring in Aston Villa's 2-0 win over Bologna in the Champions League tonight.
The 20-year-old guided in Morgan Rogers' cross to double Villa's lead nine minutes after John McGinn broke the deadlock in the 55th minute. Duran made his second start of the season and came off just after scoring in successive Champions League games for Ollie Watkins.
Duran was seen thumping a seat on the substitutes bench after coming off and then kicking the back of another. He was spoken to by a member of staff to calm him down, but he was all smiles after full-time. Tielemans was asked about the forward after full-time and gave a glowing answer.
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"Duran has everything, he has technique, he can hold the ball and can flick on," Tielemans said on TNT Sport. "He is an all round striker. Morgan [Rogers] is more suited into the pockets. I joke with him calling him my pocket as I need him in those areas to get to my passes."
Asked about his reaction to being subbed, Tielemans responded: "He is really funny. The manager does not care. He knows everyone wants to play. It is part of the game."
Villa are now in a brilliant position to qualify for the knockouts as they lead the Champions League phase table after the first round of matchweek three games.
"A brilliant win tonight," Tielemans added. "A tough opponent. The manager is really onto us. He wants us to keep raising the bar every game.
"I always try to improve myself. We had some really good work with the manager last year. He always gives us those challenges during the game, tonight we played a team who plays man to man and he challenged us to beat that."