Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle United
Premier League match report: Newcastle demonstrated how united they are without Alexander Isak but also how much they miss his goal power during an occasionally entertaining but often turgid stalemate at Villa Park. Peter Lansley was there to see it …
Unai Emery: "The red card changed the match"
“I am not happy with one point at home,” says Villa’s head coach. “But against a team like Newcastle, they made a lot of good chances in the first half. Second half we dominated more, created chances. But the red card changed the match completely. The players responded fantastically, the point more or less is fair. It was a tough match. After the red card there was more necessity to defend, but we responded to all the issues on the field.”
On Ezri Konsa’s rush of blood to the head: “It is difficult to anticipate which is best in that moment. This action for Konsa, I can’t say anyhing about this decision.
On Marco Bizot’s eyecatching debut in goal for Villa: “Fantastic, he did very good work for his confidence and his team mates.”
