Aston Villa produced a brilliant performance to beat Manchester United on Sunday, with Unai Emery’s somewhat unusual approach to the game already making an impression on his new charges.
Villa picked up a stunning 3-1 win over Erik ten Hag’s side in the Premier League on Emery’s first game in charge of the team. The home side raced into a 2-0 lead after just 11 minutes, thanks to goals from Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne, and then cancelled out Luke Shaw’s deflected effort with Jacob Ramsey’s second-half strike.
The result ended United’s nine-match unbeaten run and saw former Arsenal boss Emery return to the Premier League with a bang. The Spaniard only took his first training session on Wednesday and striker Ollie Watkins said Emery kept his cards close to his chest – almost up until the 2pm kick-off.
