Aston Villa drew 1-1 with Fulham in a Premier League match at Villa Park on Saturday. Villa manager Unai Emery said the result was fair but disappointing.
How the match unfolded
Aston Villa went ahead before half-time through Nicolas Jackson. Fulham equalised after the break through a Zion Suzuki own goal, and Villa also had a penalty in the match.
Emery on the result
Emery told the club's official website: "It’s a disappointing result, a fair result. We tried to keep being consistent, improving, getting the result at home. Trying to get our Villa Park, our fortress, and we are in this way. We didn’t win, but we didn’t lose. The last matches here, through Champions League and Premier League, we are getting better, but today was disappointing because we didn’t win. The result is fair."
His assessment of the game
Emery said: "They deserved it as well because they are playing well, they are organised and they created chances. We played the first half, dominating more, creating more chances than the second half. We were having corners offensively, we had a penalty. Sometimes we conceded some transitions and some actions, and they were being clinical defensively as well. They were breaking our press and we needed our goalkeeper, Zion Suzuki, saving some actions."
He added: "The first half was, more or less, in good balance for us. The second half in the first 20 minutes, they were pushing, they were dominating, and were creating chances. They had corners offensively and we were not keeping the same consistency with ball possession and dominating like we did in the first half, so this draw was a fair result. In the last 15-20 minutes, we were pushing again and creating some chances and we could have won the game."
What comes next
Emery said: "We will keep going forward. The next match on Tuesday is the Champions League and we will try to prepare as best as possible, and then before the break we are playing against Manchester United to try and continue in our progression. There's still work to do and of course after today, and this result being disappointing for us, we keep going forward, trying to analyse and improve."
