Unai Emery hailed Aston Villa’s “mature” performance against Fulham at Craven Cottage, expressing particular satisfaction that his players learned from their past mistakes made in the draw with Ipswich Town before the October international break.
Unai Emery said, “Every match we play is a difficult match and we have to be very, very consistent, focusing each moment being 100 per cent. Today we corrected a lot of things we did wrong at Ipswich. I am very happy because we reacted very well, playing being serious and mature. [I am] Very proud of our mentality here. We are trying to keep the same performances we had in the Premier League last year and be strong. At the moment, we are getting good results. It is always difficult to win here. We wanted to stop them playing with the ball and stop them offensively because they are strong. We did a fantastic job. Even when they had a penalty and scored first, we focused together. The first half we finished drawing and playing like we wanted. The second half we managed to keep that. We respected them until the last minute because here they are feeling strong.”
